UN report urges countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic slavery
UN secretary general says no country has comprehensively accounted for the past
A UN report calling on countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic slavery has been hailed as a significant step forward by campaigners.
The report by the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said no country had comprehensively accounted for the past and addressed the legacy of the mass enslavement of people of African descent for more than 400 years.
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