Tag: General Assembly

U.N. Discusses Reparations, but Countries Who Would Have to Pay Up Have Little to Say

U.N. Discusses Reparations, but Countries Who Would Have to Pay Up Have Little to Say

At the U.N. General Assembly, African and Caribbean countries whose populations have been greatly affected by the lasting ramifications from years of slavery and colonialism were leading the conversation around reparations. They were backed by nations that were the least likely to be tapped to pay up, but the nations that were missing from the conversation help to showcase the issue at hand.

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