Ghana is seeking global backing at the United Nations for a draft resolution to recognize the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
The move aims to strengthen ongoing discussions on reparations and historical accountability.
Speaking ahead of the proposal, Ghana’s Permanent Representative, Samuel Yao Kumah, urged member states to support the resolution.
He said it would help acknowledge the scale and lasting impact of one of history’s most devastating systems.
Kumah also addressed concerns that the wording could place one atrocity above others.
He rejected this, stressing that the resolution is not about comparing suffering or creating a hierarchy among crimes against humanity.
Instead, he said it seeks to highlight a historical system that reshaped the modern world and continues to influence global inequalities.