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Here's a press release from the resolution. The "Transatlantic Slave Trade" as a proper noun refers to the historical kidnapping and taking of Africans to the New World to be enslaved.
It doesn't enforce reparations, but:
The US objected:
I'll note for thoroughness' sake that it not having been illegal under international law is basically true but 1000% beside the point (obviously). The US Supreme Court actually heard cases in the early 1800s about how slavery was treated under e.g. the Law of Nations, but evidence was scant that it was prohibited, and the court more or less (oversimplifying) had to make shit up. The important point is that you can't say "Oh, well the perpetrarors collectively didn't prohibit it, so there are no grounds for reparations." It's obviously ridiculous.
Damn, that's crazy. Even 200 years after slavery was abolished, the US officially still doesn't think it's wrong. Just that it "lost the case".
Inb4 Roe v. Wae overturning, but for the Emancipation Proclamation. Backwards ass country lol