UN Secretary-General Issues Statement on International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery
March 26, 2018
March 26, 2018
NEW YORK, March 26 -- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres issued the following remarks on the international day of remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade:
"I am pleased to join you today to remember and commemorate the victims and survivors of the transatlantic slave trade.
"Lasting for over 400 years, the abominable buying and selling of human beings was the largest forced movement of people in history.
"I am pleased to join you today to remember and commemorate the victims and survivors of the transatlantic slave trade.
"Lasting for over 400 years, the abominable buying and selling of human beings was the largest forced movement of people in history.