Ghana’s UN Resolution on Slave Trade Could Change Global Discourse From Commemoration to Justice: Activist

Ghana has introduced a UN resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the most serious crime against humanity, aiming to “correct the global historical record at the highest diplomatic level,” Humphrey Abbey Quaye, Head of Headquarters and Member of the Coordinating Committee of Ghana’s Pan-African Progressive Front, told Sputnik Africa.

Key Insights from Quaye:

🟠Regional endorsement through the African Union would “demonstrate continental unity and reinforce Africa’s collective voice.”

🟠A formal UN criminal condemnation strengthens the case that reparations are “a matter of justice rather than charity.”

🟠The resolution underscores that present economic inequalities “are historically produced” and rooted in colonial extraction.

To sustain momentum, Quaye emphasized the importance of:

🟠Strengthening alliances with Caribbean and Global South partners.

🟠Keeping the issue active through UN reviews and structured dialogue.

🟠Ensuring “this cannot be a one-off diplomatic moment. It must evolve into structured negotiations, policy proposals, and measurable frameworks.”

“Reparations are not punitive. They are restorative. The transatlantic slave trade and colonialism generated intergenerational wealth accumulation in the West while producing intergenerational deprivation in Africa,” Quaye stated.