That's double the number that came out of Africa in the entire transatlantic slave trade.

61 19. Commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade

62 122. Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade

Transatlantic Trade Offs

Transatlantic Free Trade?

Transatlantic Trade for All

Transatlantic Trade Goes Global

Between 1520 and 1867, 12 million, 500 people were moved from high UV to low UV areas in the transatlantic slave trade.

Between 1520 and 1867, 12 million, 500 people were moved from high UV to low UV areas in the transatlantic slave trade.

Winning the Transatlantic Trade Challenge

The Transatlantic Free Trade Imperative

Recalling its resolution 61 19 of 28 November 2006, entitled Commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade ,

Noting that 2007 will mark the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, which contributed significantly to the abolition of slavery,

1. Decides to designate 25 March 2007 as the International Day for the Commemoration of the Two hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Today, that means a transatlantic free trade agreement.

Recalling also the designation of 25 March 2007 as the International Day for the Commemoration of the Two hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade,

The proposal for freer transatlantic trade is potentially transformational.

3. Decides to convene, on 26 March 2007, a special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade

OHCHR approached the Government of Ghana, as organizers of the International Conference on the Transatlantic Slave Trade Landmarks, Legacies and Expectations, and received a positive response to its request to participate.

3. Decides to designate 25 March as an annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, beginning in 2008, as a complement to the existing International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

6. Slavery, servitude, slave trade, forced labour and similar

The slave trade devastated societies and devastated the continent.

So transatlantic trade is crucial for both economies, particularly for job creation.

6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty third session an item entitled Follow up to the commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade .

He summed it up as the slave trade writ large.

In this place of Tango, slave trade has been banned.

During this time, Zanzibar became the centre for the Arab slave trade.

A transatlantic trade pact would align both economies with the fundamental interests of the West.

Signing a transatlantic trade treaty would be irrefutable proof that the political case for open trade can be made and won.

4. Requests the Secretary General to establish a programme of outreach, with the involvement of Member States and civil society, including non governmental organizations, to appropriately commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade

The slave trade, however, became illegal in 1843 and Valongo lost its purpose.

Moreover, transatlantic defense trade must be used to augment European capabilities at the lowest possible cost.

Recalling that the transatlantic slave trade, which operated between the fifteenth and late nineteenth centuries, involved the forced transportation of millions of Africans as slaves, mostly from West Africa to the Americas, thereby enriching the imperial powers of the time,

Some critics have connected planking to the stowing of African slaves upon the planks of a slave ship's lower hold during the slave trade era.

Transatlantic Drift

1. Welcomes the initiative of the States members of the Caribbean Community to erect in the halls of the United Nations a permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade

Slave loose! Slave loose!

Protectionism is no solution to the crisis, whereas a transatlantic free trade agreement would favor multilateralism and openness.

The northern part of Cameroon was an important part of the Arab slave trade network.

During the 18th century slave trade, many Africans were brought to the Bahamas as labourers.

The real promise of freer transatlantic trade consists in its potential to transform global trade, production networks, and multilateral organizations to the benefit of all.

While this bull preceded the Atlantic slave trade by several decades, slavery and the slave trade were part of African societies and tribes which supplied the Arab world with slaves long before the arrival of the Europeans.

Recognizing how little is known about the four hundred year long transatlantic slave trade and its lasting consequences, felt throughout the world, and welcoming the increased attention that the General Assembly commemoration brought to the issue, including the raising of its profile in many States,

The result in this case has been damage to the transatlantic relationship, with some in Europe even calling for a halt to the talks on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

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