International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition
January 01, 1970
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2004 as the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (having welcomed the fact that UNESCO had proclaimed it as such earlier).[1]
The United Nations International Years, beginning with the World Refugee Year in 1959/1960, are designated in order to focus world attention on important issues. The proclamation of an international year to commemorate the struggle against slavery and its abolition marked the bicentenary of the proclamation of the first black state, Haiti, as well as the reunion of the peoples of Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe.
Another effort that was launched during the year was a research and information programme, Forgotten Slaves. The programme was implemented by the French Marine Archaeology Group (GRAN) with the support of UNESCO. It was inspired by the wreck of the slave shipl’Utile off the shores of the Tromelin Island in the Indian Ocean in 1761 and was intended to be part of an information campaign to raise awareness of both the history of slavery and modern forms of slavery.
^United Nations General Assembly Session 57 Resolution195. The fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of ActionA/RES/57/195 page 8. 18 December 2002. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
^United Nations General Assembly Session 57 Verbotim Report77. Elimination of racism and racial discrimination Report of the Third CommitteeA/57/PV.77 page 11. 18 December 2002. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
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International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition: UNESCO Home Page
January 01, 1970
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