UN holidays - International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Every year on March 25, the world celebrates the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The corresponding resolution was issued by the UN General Assembly in 2007, on December 17. A little earlier, this date was called differently - International Day of Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. In March 2015, a memorial was erected to commemorate the victims of the slave trade. It is located on the territory of the UN buildings. The essence of this holiday is for people not to forget that there were those whose lives were spoiled by the cruel torment of slavery. The statistics are sad - during this period (more than 400 years) more than 15 million people suffered. Millions of broken destinies and mutilated lives. Slavery was distributed to any category of citizens - men, children, women, it spared no one. It should be noted that the abolition of slavery in different countries did not occur at the same time. For example, in the USA, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued only in 1863, while in Canada such a resolution was issued 30 years earlier. On March 25, the UN calls on everyone to pay tribute to the victims of the slave trade. It’s scary to just imagine the torment the slaves experienced. And it’s not even about physical labor, but about humiliation of personal dignity. After all, it is terrible when a person cannot control his own life, but is forced to do what he is forced to do. Morally and physically humiliated, the victims of the slave trade deserved memory and respect. The memorial date was made specifically so that modern humanity remembers and understands what terrible consequences slavery leads to. Racial hatred also falls into the same category, because the principle is the same - a person must suffer because he is different from others. In the case of the slave trade, the poor should suffer and not have the right to freedom, because he is not rich. This is wrong, because all people are equal in their rights and have the right to live freely, regardless of social status and position in society. Slavery still flourishes in the world to this day, although it is not legal, it is prosecuted by law. In eastern countries, girls from other countries are kidnapped and forcibly taken into the wilderness to serve clients in brothels for the rest of their lives. Sex slaves are found, but the percentage found is much lower than the percentage missing. The Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade was created specifically to perpetuate the memory of the martyrs and show future generations how terrible the world was when such terrible events took place in it. So that every person thinks and wants to make the world a better place.