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[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I couldn't find the third country which voted against it, then I found the god's own people who were freed from slavery by god.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

I read 3 voted against so i instantly zoomed on Israel just to make sure.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

And Europe abstaining... Still very far from a reckoning

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 hours ago

And Canada, and Japan, and Australia....

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I know its the same ol map but the abstaining countries speaks a lot more to their current relationship with the US.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Idk, the far right has taken over Italy, Germany and probably France, soon. The people in these countries, whilst not as awful as Americans, are/can still be very uncaring and sociopathically self-centered on average (I'm a well-travelled frog, not just an "external hater").

[–] agingelderly@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

If anyone can vote right after seeing how shitty it is going for the US, the world is lost

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 minutes ago

The US history with slavery is highly problematic in countless respects.

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I find the title is misleading. Title implies that the vote was wether to condemn or not.

While I did not read the full PDF (underlaying document for this vote), the title of the document is Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity and part of it is about paying reparations.

PDF: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4106588?ln=en&v=pdf
UN news: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167199
US response for voting against: https://usun.usmission.gov/explanation-of-vote-for-unga-resolution/

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

US- No to slavery but yes to unpaid overtime or direct unpaid like now.

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 hours ago

And yes to slavery for millions of people imprisoned because cops lied about what they did.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

The only Trans the US Govt approved of

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

In case it's too small to see, the third country that voted against is Israel.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I still only see two real countries. isntrael

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago

The US Empire is a settler-colony, so it gets lumped in with Israel as such.

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

US, Argentina, Israel may have something common with Germany from last century.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 28 points 9 hours ago (22 children)

Are we condemning modern slave trades or just ones no one living can be held accountable for?

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 34 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is about reparations and thats the reason why the countries responsible abstained or voted against it.

Obviously most countries today condemn the modern slave trade. Doesn't mean they'll do anything about it but they do condemn it

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I thought Canada was where run-away slaves escaped to. Why abstain in our (Canada's) case?

Oh, duh, we were part of the guilty af UK at the time...

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 hours ago

Canada is also still a settler-colony, like the US and Israel.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

The resolution emphasised “the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity by reason of the definitive break in world history, scale, duration, systemic nature, brutality and enduring consequences that continue to structure the lives of all people through racialized regimes of labour, property and capital.”

It doesn't enforce reparations, but:

It affirmed the importance of addressing historical wrongs affecting Africans and people of the diaspora in a manner that promotes justice, human rights, dignity and healing, while emphasising that claims for reparations represent a concrete step towards remedy.

The US objected:

Furthermore [per the ambassador], the US “does not recognise a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred.”

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.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 2 hours ago

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

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world -3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Ummm, and they're tackling this pressing issue now, why?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 hours ago

It's about reparations.

Why not? Should it wait another century?

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