Ghana’s UN representative, Samuel Yao Kumah, has called on member states to support a draft resolution recognising the transatlantic slave trade as ‘the gravest crime against humanity’. The proposal, presented to a General Assembly session on 25 March, aims to strengthen ongoing reparations efforts, particularly those led by Caribbean nations. Kumah emphasised that the resolution does not diminish other historical tragedies but highlights the profound global impact of centuries of African enslavement, which helped shape enduring systems of inequality. He stressed that such resolutions are declaratory political instruments, not judicial rulings, and cannot create legally binding hierarchies of crime. By acknowledging this past, Ghana and its partners hope to lay a foundation for future reparative initiatives while challenging attempts to obscure or minimise the legacy of slavery and its continuing consequences.