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Winning Design for the Permanent Slavery Memorial Unveiled

23 September 2013

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, delivering remarks at the unveiling of the winning design for the Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The winning design, entitled, ""The Ark of the Return"" was designed by Rodney Leon, an architect based in Manhattan. Seated (from left) are John Ashe, President of the General Assembly, Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Portia Simpson Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations.

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