KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Vice-Chancellor of The College of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, will handle the United Nations Normal Meeting (UNGA) on Monday as a part of a world program to commemorate the Worldwide Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Commerce.
The UWI mentioned that the Worldwide Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Commerce is noticed yearly on March 25, 2007. It’s devoted to honoring and remembering the victims of the Transatlantic Slave Commerce, which enslaved over 13 million Africans for greater than 400 years. The day additionally goals to lift consciousness in regards to the risks of racism and prejudice.
Beckles is a famend public activist in social justice and minority empowerment. He’s additionally the chairman of the Caribbean Neighborhood [CARICOM] Fee on Reparation and Social Justice and a United Nations committee official.
“His life’s work has been devoted to the reparatory justice dialog. In 2013, he coordinated the coverage positions of Caribbean governments on reparatory justice, established The UWI’s Centre for Reparation Analysis, served as an affiliate member of the College School London’s Legacies of British Slave-ownership analysis undertaking, and the College of Hull’s Wilberforce Institute for the examine of Slavery and Emancipation,” Tthe UWI mentioned.
He additionally led the Caribbean non-government group’s delegation to the 2001 World Convention In opposition to Racism in Durban, South Africa. He’s the creator of Britain’s Black Debt, the primary scholarly work to look at the reparations dialogue within the Caribbean comprehensively.
On Monday, The UWI Vice-Chancellor will converse on “Creating World Freedom: Countering Racism with Justice in Societies and Amongst Nations.” In accordance with the college, he’ll set out the narrative that captures the rise of reparations from a community of spontaneous native moments to a extremely organized world motion.
The UN Secretary-Normal, António Guterres, in addition to the President of the UN Normal Meeting, Dennis Francis, who can be the Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to the UN, in addition to Yolanda Renee King, creator and granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Will handle the UNGA.
“It’s at all times an honor to handle the UN Normal Meeting. I want to thank Secretary-Normal Gutteres for this recognition. However to talk with the President of the Meeting, Ambassador Francis, a UWI alumnus, within the chair is particular and priceless,” mentioned Beckles.
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