The importance lies in waking up every spirit whose eyes meet these words from the hypnosis of baseless white supremacy that has ruled the world and blocked us from unifying around our common origins and our common need for survival and evolution.
by Neb Nehez Meniooh
On March 25, 2026, the UN General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution spearheaded by Ghana, recognizing the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement as “the greatest crime against humanity.” In the words of Ghana’s President John Mahama, the transatlantic trade constituted “a definitive break in world history” because of its “scale, duration, systemic nature, brutality and enduring consequences.”
The resolution (A/80/L.48) passed by an overwhelming majority: 123 member states voted in favor, three voted against (the United States, Israel, and Argentina), and 52 abstained, including the United Kingdom and several EU states. It is not legally binding as Security Council resolutions are, but it carries real moral and political weight in international law and ongoing reparatory justice debates, especially at a time when the UN says it is focused on reparatory justice.
