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France defends abstention on UN slave trade resolution

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English April 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM

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France has justified abstaining on a Ghana-led UN resolution recognising the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, with its foreign minister saying it creates a hierarchy among crimes.

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