Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 155 Commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, published in 2007.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2007

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2007	A/62/270	Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/61/19

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Anniversaries Educational Programmes International Days Public Information Slavery

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Decides to designate 25 March 2007 as the International Day for the Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade;

Urges Member States that have not already done so to develop educational programmes, including through school curricula, designed to educate and inculcate in future generations an understanding of the lessons, history and consequences of slavery and the slave trade;

Decides to convene, on 26 March 2007, a special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade;

Requests the Secretary-General to establish a programme of outreach, with the involvement of Member States and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to appropriately commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session a special report on initiatives taken by States to implement paragraphs 101 and 102 of the Durban Declaration aimed at countering the legacy of slavery and contributing to the restoration of the dignity of the victims of slavery and the slave trade.2

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