International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 25th March

"Expressing Our Freedom Through Culture". This is the theme elected by the UN to observe the third International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 25th March 2010.

"We must create a climate in which such abuse and cruelty are inconceivabe. One way is by remembering the past and honouring the victims of the transatlantic slave trade. By reminding ourselves of past injustices, we help to ensure that such systematic abuse of human rights can never be repeated", declaired the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message in this occasion.

• Secretary-General’s Message

• See full Commemoration programme

 

Some Special Events:

• Panel discussion: “The impact of cultural expression as a means of resistance to the transatlantic slave trade”
• Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly (Watch the short Video).
• Student Videoconference on UN Webcast (26^th March 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. New-York time), with the participation of the UNESCO ASPnetwork (Transatlantic Slave Trade (TST) Education Project)

 

See also

• Commemorative event in Mexico (25 March)
• Watch relevant videos from WorldNews Website
• Amistad's arrival in the historic port of Matanzas, Cuba, celabrated in the frame of the commemoration of the 25th March
• Useful links

• 24-03-2010