Mahama to address UN General Assembly on March 25, lead Ghana's delegation to reparatory justice session
John Dramani Mahama is set to lead Ghana's delegation to a high-level United Nations special session on reparatory justice as part of a visit to the United States. On Tuesday, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, President Mahama will convene and deliver the keynote address at a High-Level Special Event on Reparatory Justice, themed "Reparatory Justice for the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and the Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans." On Wednesday, President Mahama will address the United Nations General Assembly as part of activities marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
During his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Mahama is expected to present Ghana's position-recently adopted by the African Union-on a landmark resolution seeking to declare the trafficking of enslaved Africans and their racialised chattel enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity. The visit will begin with a solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the African Burial Ground National Monument. President Mahama will also visit Lincoln University in Pennsylvania to deliver a keynote address and engage with the Ghanaian community at Temple University.
President Mahama will depart Accra on Monday for engagements in New York and Pennsylvania. The announcement was made by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications.
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President Mahama will lead Ghana's delegation to a UN session on reparatory justice, commemorating victims of the transatlantic slave trade. This visit highlights Ghana's commitment to addressing historical injustices-but what will come of it?
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