March 24, 2026, New York, New York, USA: A woman in blue and blue headdress sits in the middle of a mostly African attendance for a special event and first of its kind held ahead of a General Assembly meeting on the historical recognition of slavery in the Caribbean and the Americas. The discussion also addressed the role of Northern and Western Europe in the trafficking and exploitation of enslaved leer más Africans, as delegates prepare to consider an amendment seeking formal recognition of the crime. leer menos