Messages
The said in a published on 6 April 2020 that structural discrimination could exacerbate inequality in access to health care and treatment, leading to racial disparities in health outcomes and increased mortality and morbidity for people of African descent.
13 March, 2020 (Geneva)-Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at Human Rights Council 43rd session.
Leaders Must Counter Hateful Speech, Stresses Secretary-General at International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
UN Secretary-General António Guterres' remarks to the special meeting of the General Assembly in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March 2017)
World Yet to Overcome Racism as Slavery’s Legacy ‘Resounds Down the Ages’, Secretary-General Tells Tribute Event for Victims of Transatlantic Trade
UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly commemorative meeting for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (24 March 2017)
17-21 October 2016
Message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25 March 2016 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Statement to the media by the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, on the conclusion of its official visit to USA, 19-29 January 2016
Opening statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
Opening statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at the Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean on the International Decade for People of African Descent (3 December 2015)
Message from Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein hails the launch of the United Nations Decade for People of Africa Descent.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers remarks at the unveiling ceremony of “The Ark of Return”, the Permanent Memorial to honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Statements by H.E. Sam K. Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the General Assembly, at the Commemorative Meeting to Mark the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Statements by H.E. Sam K. Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the General Assembly, at the Unveiling of the Permanent Memorial in Honour of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25 March 2015 (New York) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
UN Secretary-General message delivered by Ms. Valerie Amos
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the International Decade for People of African Descent. Delivered by Ms. Valerie Amos, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
President of the UN General Assembly, Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Statement by H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s sixty-ninth session, at the Launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent.