The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in a statement made on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, organized by the United Nations, as reported by "Russia Today." He emphasized that such compensation is one way to address the legacy of the slave trade in our contemporary society. He stated, "The past laid the foundations for a violent system of discrimination based on white supremacy," urging "the establishment of frameworks for reparative justice to help overcome the exclusion and discrimination that have persisted for generations."
He added, "We call for the establishment of frameworks for reparative justice to help overcome the exclusion and discrimination that have persisted for generations." A UN report proposed in September suggested that countries consider financial compensation for periods of slavery. The idea of providing reparations for slavery or offering some form of redress has been discussed for a long time but has gained momentum worldwide recently.
This discussion involves no fewer than 12.5 million Africans who were forcibly transported by European ships and traders from the 15th to the 19th centuries and sold into slavery. Those who survived this harsh journey ended up working on plantations in the Americas, with most of them in Brazil and the Caribbean.
