you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 63 points 5 months ago (7 children)

This is about reparations and thats the reason why the countries responsible abstained or voted against it.

Obviously most countries today condemn the modern slave trade. Doesn't mean they'll do anything about it but they do condemn it

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    I thought Canada was where run-away slaves escaped to. Why abstain in our (Canada's) case?

    Oh, duh, we were part of the UK at the time...

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Why would Israel vote against this though? I don't recall them having slave trades

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments