The United Nations General Assembly held an event to mark the “International Day of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade” on March 27, with Tai Ping, the Chinese Permanent Representative to the UN, delivering a speech calling on relevant countries to eliminate all forms of racism and racial discrimination. and to take concrete action to actually implement the protection of human rights. He stated that the slave trade and slavery were among the worst human rights violations in human history, and that the transatlantic slave trade was one of the darkest and ugliest forms. Today, the transatlantic slave trade is history and slavery has been legally abolished, but its lingering poison has not died down. Minority people, including people of African descent, still suffer from widespread discrimination in some parts of the world, especially in former colonial countries. Even more worryingly, these regions and countries have a range of “phobias” targeting specific countries, specific religions, and specific ethnicities, including “Islamophobia” and anti-Asian hatred.
Tai Ping stressed that the international community needs to work together to eradicate the widespread and deep impact of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. China calls on relevant countries to take concrete action to fully and effectively implement the “Durban Declaration and Action Plan”, eliminate racism and all forms of racial discrimination, and truly implement the protection of human rights Is. The Chinese representative also said that China will cooperate with various countries to advance the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, thoroughly eliminate racism and racial discrimination, effectively promote human rights and their seeks to protect, and promote the building of a community with a shared destiny for mankind.
