Theme/Racial discrimination

United Nations Will Host Online Events Focused on Ending Racism, Injustices to Mark International Remembrance Day for Transatlantic Slave Trade Victims, 4-25 March

24 Feb

The United Nations will mark the 2021 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March under the theme “Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: A Global Imperative for Justice”.

Overcoming Racism Demands Action ‘Every Day, at Every Level’, Secretary-General Stresses, in Message to Human Rights Council Panel

22 Feb

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Human Rights Council panel on “Fight against Racism and Discrimination 20 Years after the Adoption of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action”, held today:

No Place for Racism at United Nations, Secretary-General Stresses, Describing It as ‘Scourge of the World’ at Launch of ‘Awareness and Action’ Campaign

19 Nov

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the panel discussion: a conversation on racism in the workplace, in New York today: