United Nations Caribbean 96d ago

Poet Laureate of Barbados, Esther Philips, delivered a powerful and moving reading from some of her works at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), as Member States adopted a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and the enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. Her words echoed through the Assembly Hall — a call not just to remember, but to act. “There are spirits of the victims of slavery present in this room… and they are listening for one word only: justice.” The resolution, led by Ghana and adopted with 123 votes in favour, calls for addressing historical wrongs and advancing reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent. This moment is more than remembrance. It is a question to the world: What will you do? #RememberSlavery