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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission warmly welcomes the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of resolution A/80/L.48, led by the Republic of Ghana, declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.

The AUC Chairperson commends H.E. the President of the Republic of Ghana for this important leadership, which reflects Africa’s longstanding and principled call for the full recognition of the slave trade and its enduring consequences.

In the margin of the 61^st Session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC), the Permanent Delegation of the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the African Group in Geneva and the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) World Against Racism Network (WARN), organized its annual event to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, today received H.E. Olivia Leslie, Ambassador of #Ireland to Ethiopia & Permanent Representative to the African Union, for an exchange on advancing AU–Ireland, and EU cooperation.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has the honour to announce the appointment of H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, former President of the United Republic of Tanzania, as High Representative for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea.