John Dramani Mahama will travel to the United States on Monday to lead Ghana’s delegation to a United Nations special session on reparatory justice, the Presidency has announced.
In a statement issued on March 22, the Presidency Communications (Ghana) said the visit will take the president to New York and Pennsylvania for a series of events focused on reparatory justice and the commemoration of victims of the transatlantic slave trade.
According to the statement, President Mahama will convene and deliver the keynote address at a High-Level Special Event on Reparatory Justice at the United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday. The event, themed “Reparatory Justice for the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and the Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans,” is expected to bring together world leaders and high-level dignitaries to discuss historical injustice.
On Wednesday, the president is also scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly during the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. He will present Ghana’s position on reparatory justice, which has been adopted by the African Union, calling for global recognition of the trafficking and enslavement of Africans as a grave crime against humanity.
The visit will begin with a wreath-laying ceremony at the African Burial Grounds Memorial in New York, where the president will pay tribute to the memory of enslaved Africans. The statement added that President Mahama’s itinerary also includes a visit to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he is expected to deliver a keynote address, as well as an engagement with the Ghanaian community at Temple University.
The statement was signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, who also serves as Minister for Government Communications.
Source:www.kumasimail.com
