The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on March 25 declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement as 'the gravest crime against humanity' and calling for reparations to remedy historical wrongs against Africans and people of African descent. Proposed by Ghana, the measure passed with 123 votes in favor; the United States, Israel, and Argentina voted against it, while the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and all 27 EU members abstained. Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama described the resolution as a safeguard against forgetting the estimated 13 million Africans enslaved, noting states' responsibility under international law to make full reparation. The US Deputy Ambassador to the UN called the text 'highly problematic,' rejecting any legal right to reparations for historical acts not illegal at the time and objecting to any hierarchy of crimes against humanity. The UK recognized the abhorrent nature of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade but disagreed with fundamental propositions in the text, stating that international law did not prohibit slavery until the 20th century and opposing the creation of a hierarchy of historical atrocities. UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed apologies but called for bolder actions by more states, including respect for African countries' ownership of natural resources. General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding. Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/un-adopts-slavery-resolution-calling-reparations-despite-us-european-objections