Aug 25 2008
In remembrance of the slave trade
Yesterday marked the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade, and UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura used the opportunity to remind the world how critical it is to remember that the slave trade is indeed still happening.
The UN News Centre quoted him saying,
While we should never forget the atrocities committed in the past, we should be equally vigilant in seeking to abolish the contemporary forms of slavery that affect millions of men, women and children around the world.
The Day commemorates the 1791 uprising when Caribbean slaves rebelled and sparked a revolution in Haiti.
