Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
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SymbolA/RES/62/122
TitlePermanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Decides to designate 25 Mar. as an annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, beginning in 2008; requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with and building upon the work undertaken by UNESCO, to establish a programme of educational outreach to mobilize educational institutions and civil society on the subject of remembering the transatlantic slave trade and slavery, in order to inculcate future generations with its causes, consequences and lessons and to communicate the dangers of racism and prejudice; requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 63rd session on the establishment and implementation of the programme; decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 63rd session an item entitled "Follow-up to the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade".
Action note2007-12-17
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 75th plenary meeting
Meeting record
A/62/PV.75
Agenda information
A/62/251 119 Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. SLAVERY--ANNIVERSARY (200TH)
Date[New York] : UN, 8 Feb. 2008
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2 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 62nd sess., Suppl. no. 49.