2 resultsfor “UN vote France slavery reparations”
France that its representatives – alongside those of UK and other European nations – abstained in March’s [UN vote](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/25/un-votes-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity-reparatory-justice) to describe the transatlantic chattel slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity
UN vote](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/25/un-votes-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity-reparatory-justice) to describe the transatlantic chattel slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and call for reparations as “a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs”. Victorin Lurel, a Guadeloupe senator