Commemorative Meeting on the Occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

A/DEC/65/546View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 116 Follow-up to the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, published in 2011.

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2 versions · 2011–2012

This is an older version — the most recent is A/DEC/66/560

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/DEC/66/560	Commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	232	52%Compare
2011	A/DEC/65/546	Commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	154	–

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2 subjects

International Days Slavery

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At its 81st plenary meeting, on 25 March 2011, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, recalling its decision 65/502 of 17 September 2010 in which it had adopted the format for commemorative meetings, which included statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the chairs of the five regional groups and the representative of the host country,35 decided that the commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, held on 25 March 2011, pursuant to Assembly resolution 65/239 of 24 December 2010, would, without setting a precedent, also include a statement on behalf of the Caribbean Community, a statement by Ms. Ruth Simmons, President of Brown University, and some cultural presentations.

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