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

A/DEC/66/560View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 119 Follow-up to the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2011–2012
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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

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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

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What’s in this document?

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At its 103rd plenary meeting, on 26 March 2012, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, recalling its decision 66/502 of 16 September 2011 in which it had adopted the format for commemorative meetings that included statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the chairs of the five regional groups and the representative of
40 A/66/L.59/Rev.1. 41 A/66/L.63. 42 Decision 66/544, in section B.4 of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/66/49), vol. II, becomes decision 66/544A. 43 A/66/L.44. 44 A/66/760. 45 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53B (A/66/53/Add.2 and Corr.1). 46 See A/66/742. 47 See also decision 66/420.
the host country,48 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 26 March 2012 pursuant to its resolution 65/239 of 24 December 2010, would, without setting a precedent, also include a statement by Mr. Rick Kittles, Scientific Director of African Ancestry Incorporated, and some cultural presentations.

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