New York: Qatar has underlined the importance of continuing to combat all forms of slavery and its manifestations, calling for the need to work to raise awareness about the consequences of slavery, the slave trade and the dangers of racism and intolerance.
The State of Qatar, which heads the Group of Asian and Pacific States to the United Nations this month, reiterated the Group’s commitment to respect the legacy of victims of slavery, the slave trade and the fight against all forms of slavery and its manifestations.
This came in a statement delivered by Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations H E Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani at the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the Asian and Pacific Group, on the occasion of on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
“We celebrate this year’s International Day under the theme of” Victory and the fight for freedom and equality “which gives us an opportunity not only to remember and praise the victims of slavery but to think and learn from the lessons of the past,” said Ambassador H E Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani. The statement said that the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is also an occasion to call for action to oppose and combat any form of slavery in the world today.
The statement referred to the numerous initiatives taken to reaffirm the commitment to the implementation of the Durban Declaration of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and to honor the memory of the victims of slavery and the slave trade and the restoration of their dignity.
