Gobierno de Reconciliación y Unidad Nacional
Unida Nicaragua Triunfa
Managua, 23rd August, 2021
MESSAGE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND ITS ABOLITION
On August 23rd of each year the World commemorates the International Day of Remembrance of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition. This date, chosen by resolution 29C/40 of the 29th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO, recalls the Emancipation of the Haitian Slaves on 23rd August, 1791, a momentous event that inspired the emancipation of the slaves of the entire American Continent.
230 years after that historic date, the perversity of the transatlantic slave trade and the institutionalized industry of slavery-an unprecedented crime against humanity, remain unpunished and reparations for African and Afro-descendant Peoples, victims of European and North American cruelty and ambition, is still a debt that they refuse to pay.
As we condemn the political and economic model that gave way to slavery and as we celebrate the abolition of that terrible scourge; the People and Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of the Republic of Nicaragua, recognize the valuable contributions of African and Afro-descendant Peoples in the construction of European and American Societies, whose lifestyle is forged upon the shoulders of more than 12 million human beings of great spiritual strength and unparalleled courage.
