Egypt
In a historic vote, the United Nations General Assembly has designated the transatlantic slave trade, and the racialized chattel enslavement of Africans, as “the gravest crime against humanity.” Egypt joined 122 other nations in voting in favor of the resolution, which passed with 123 votes in favor, only three against (the United States, Israel, and Argentina), and 52 abstentions, including several European Union members and the United Kingdom. The resolution, adopted to sustained applause at the UN headquarters in…
