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Nigeria: Kemi Badenoch Says UK Should've Voted Against UN Resolution Condemning Slavery, Demanding Reparations
Kemi Badenoch criticised the UK for abstaining on a UN resolution urging reparations and cultural restitution for the transatlantic slave trade, supported by 123 member states.
- On Wednesday, March 25, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the "gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations, prompting Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch to argue Britain should have voted against it.
- Ghana introduced the resolution to address lasting impacts of historical wrongs affecting Africans and people of African descent, encouraging partnerships between the African Union, Caribbean Community, and Organisation of American States.
- The resolution passed with 123 votes in favor, while 52 countries including Britain and European Union member states abstained; only Argentina, Israel, and the United States voted against it.
- Criticizing Labour for abstaining, Badenoch argued the resolution could demand "trillions in reparations from UK taxpayers," stating Britain should have voted against the measure.
- Britain's acting United Nations ambassador James Kariuki explained the abstention, stating Britain rejects creating a "hierarchy of historical atrocities" while recognizing slavery's "devastating consequences.
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Kemi Badenoch says UK should've voted against UN resolution condemning slavery, demanding reparations
In a post on X, she said, “Russia, China, and Iran vote with others to demand trillions in reparations from UK taxpayers…and the Labour government abstain!" The post Kemi Badenoch says UK should’ve voted against UN resolution condemning slavery, demanding reparations appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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