Permanent Memorial to and Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

A/RES/73/345View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 121 Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2008–2019

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2019	A/RES/73/345	Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade	874	65%Compare
2015	A/RES/70/7	Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade	861	71%Compare
2014	A/RES/69/19	Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade	987	82%Compare
2013	A/RES/68/7	Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade	893	96%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/108	Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade	906	85%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

17 reports · 2008–2021

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2021	A/76/134	Programme of educational outreach on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/7
2018	A/73/88	Programme of educational outreach on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/7
2016	A/71/170	Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade : status of the United Nations Trust Fund for Partnerships - Permanent Memorial report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/7
2015	A/70/221	Programme of educational outreach on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/19
2015	A/70/136	Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade : status of the United Nations Trust Fund for Partnerships - Permanent Memorial report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/7

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Educational Programmes Information Dissemination Memorials Slavery

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the United Nations trust fund for partnerships – permanent memorial, established with a view to implementing the initiative to erect a permanent memorial in honour of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade and, in particular, on contributions received and their utilization,² and recalls in this regard its decision in paragraph 6 of resolution 69/19 of 21 November 2014 that any funds remaining in the trust fund would be retained to support the maintenance of the memorial;

²A/71/170.

Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the programme of educational outreach on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery³ relating to the diverse educational outreach strategy to increase awareness of and to educate future generations about the causes, consequences, lessons and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, including through enhancing public awareness of the Ark of Return, and to communicate the dangers of racism and xenophobia, and encourages continued action in this regard;

³A/73/88.

Notes with appreciation that the residual balance in the trust fund has been transferred to an appropriate trust fund administered by the Department of Operational Support of the Secretariat for the purpose of maintaining the memorial;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to organize an annual series of activities to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, including a commemorative meeting of the General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters and, as appropriate, activities through the network of United Nations information centres;

Requests the Department of Global Communications of the Secretariat, in cooperation with the countries concerned and with relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, to continue to take appropriate steps to enhance world public awareness of the commemorative activities and the permanent memorial at United Nations Headquarters;

Reiterates its request, in resolution 64/15 of 16 November 2009, for Member States to develop, in accordance with their national legislation, 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, and to provide such information to the Secretary-General for inclusion in his report;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on continued action to implement the programme of educational outreach, including actions taken by Member States in implementing the present resolution, as well as steps to enhance world public awareness of the commemorative activities and the permanent memorial;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session the item entitled “Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade”.

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