Permanent Memorial to and Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

A/RES/62/122View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 119Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, published in 2007.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2008–2019

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/73/345

2019A/RES/73/345Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave tradeLatestCompare with previous version
2015A/RES/70/7Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave tradeCompare with previous version
2014A/RES/69/19Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave tradeCompare with previous version
2013A/RES/68/7Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave tradeCompare with previous version
2013A/RES/67/108Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave tradeCompare with previous version

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics

Educational Programmes Funds International Days Memorials Slavery

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2008.

2008A/63/213Programme of educational outreach on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the initiative of the States members of the Caribbean Community to erect in the halls of the United Nations a permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;

Notes the establishment of a voluntary fund for the erection of a permanent memorial, expresses sincere appreciation to those Member States that have already made contributions to the fund, and invites other interested parties to do likewise;

Decides to designate 25 March as an annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, beginning in 2008, as a complement to the existing International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;

Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with and building upon the work undertaken by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, including its Slave Route Project, to establish a programme of educational outreach to mobilize, inter alia, educational institutions and civil society on the subject of remembering the transatlantic slave trade and slavery, in order to inculcate future generations with the causes, consequences and lessons of the transatlantic slave trade and to communicate the dangers of racism and prejudice;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the establishment and implementation of the programme;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session an item entitled “Follow-up to the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade”.

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