00:00Citizens in Benin welcomed Wednesday's UN resolution to recognize the transatlantic
00:05slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
00:09Benin and other West African countries are among those that were the most affected by
00:14the transatlantic slave trade.
00:17Millions of slaves were taken from the West African coast from the 17th to the end of
00:22the 19th century.
00:24This is a historic moment.
00:27The UN has recognized the slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
00:32This is a powerful acknowledgement of the injustices suffered by Africans and their descendants.
00:39It is not a question of acknowledging things for the sake of acknowledging them.
00:44The slave trade caused too much damage to Africa, to the whole of Africa.
00:50The African Union also welcomed the decision and commended Ghana's initiative.
00:54It's said that the resolution marked an important step towards truth, justice and healing.
01:01But the African Union also reiterated its call for comprehensive acknowledgement of the slave
01:07trade.
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01:08The African Union also visards in the number of grapes that considered rebels, Jim
01:09socks, in the head of our communities, according to the family.
01:09I rise up for green.
01:09It's probably worth another step towards you are providing ambitions among us.
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