UN News Stories

 

UN pays tribute to victims of the transatlantic slave trade

Award-winning journalists highlight UN as 'global body' advancing reparations  

109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit

Abolish ‘human exploitation’ once and for all, UNESCO chief urges

109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit

Dismantling racism today starts by understanding slavery’s ‘horrific’ past

Fight slavery’s 'legacy of racism' through education: Guterres

INTERVIEW: Cultural spaces help counter harmful legacy of slavery, argues Bryan Stevenson

UN has key role in dialogue around slavery: Leading US social justice expert

Ground-breaking exhibit on slavery gives new generation ‘hope for humanity

UN upholds fight for a fairer world on anti-racism day

Learn from the past, ‘stand united against racism’ – UN chief

Legacy of slavery still scars society, blocks progress says UN chief

UN upholds fight for a fairer world on anti-racism day

Little progress combating systemic racism against people of African descent: UN report

UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination

'Deplorable' killing of Afro-Brazilian man shows need to address racism, discrimination

Interview: Slave trade reparations ‘essential’, 1619 Project founder tells UN News

UN highlights human cost of transatlantic slave trade

Racist Lie must end, UN chief warns on Remembrance Day for enslaved people

Preserving African Burial Grounds, protecting history”, a podcast interview with Peggy King Jorde

Inequality defines our time’: UN chief delivers hard-hitting Mandela day message

From the Field: Threatened Brazilian activist fights for slavery descendants’ rights

Moving forward requires confronting slavery’s ‘racist legacy

Slave trade remembrance ‘concerns all humanity’

Creativity works as ‘catalyst’ to overcome slavery: artist Christopher Cozier

Uphold human dignity’, dismantle ‘specious notion of racial superiority’ urges UN Chief

Remembering slave trade offers chance to raise awareness, oppose all forms of modern slavery — UNESCO

Christopher Cozier, keynote speaker at the 2019 Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly marking International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Essence Gant, keynote speaker at the 2019 ‘Remember Slavery’ Global Student Videoconference 

UN spotlights slave descendants’ legacy of achievements, overcoming ‘dark chapter of human history’