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UN votes to describe slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’ (uk.news.yahoo.com)

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[–] UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But James Kariuki, the UK chargé d’affaires to the UN, said Britain continues to disagree with fundamental propositions of the text and was “firmly of the view that we must not create a hierarchy of historical atrocities”.

This does indeed invite a whole flurry of what-about comments and resolutions: "Are the Slavs getting a resolution? What about X, what about Y?"

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"Top 15 Gravest Historical Atrocities: You Won't Believe #11!"

-- the UN