See the breakdown as the US, Argentina and Israel vote against Ghana’s slave reparations motion

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The United Nations

President John Dramani Mahama at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, tabled a resolution calling on the UN to recognise the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime ever committed against humanity.

Following a massive debate, the motion was adopted with 123 countries voting in favour of the slavery reparations motion tabled.

The United States, Argentina, and Israel voted against it, while 52 European Nations 52 abstained.

Here are the breakdown of the the countries voted:

“Vote against the resolution:

The three countries that voted against Ghana’s resolution are;

Argentina

Israel and

The United States (US).

Abstentions:

The 53 countries that abstained from voting are;

Afghanistan,

Albania,

Andorra,

Armenia,

Australia,

Austria,

Belgium,

Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Bulgaria,

Cambodia,

Canada,

Croatia,

Cyprus,

Czechia,

Denmark,

Estonia,

Fiji,

Finland,

France,

Georgia,

Germany,

Greece,

Hungary,

Iceland,

Ireland,

Italy,

Japan,

Latvia, and

Liechtenstein.

The remaining are;

Lithuania,

Luxembourg,

Malta,

Monaco,

Montenegro,

North Macedonia,

Norway,

Oman,

Palau,

Paraguay,

Poland,

Portugal,

Republic of Moldova,

Romania,

San Marino,

Slovakia,

Slovenia,

Sweden,

Switzerland,

Ukraine,

The United Kingdom and Spain.

The countries that voted yes:

The 123 countries that voted in favour of the motion include;

Algeria,

Angola,

Antigua and Barbuda,

Azerbaijan,

Bahamas,

Bahrain,

Bangladesh,

Barbados,

Belarus,

Belize,

Botswana,

Brazil,

Brunei Darussalam,

Burkina Faso,

Burundi,

Cabo Verde,

Cameroon,

Central African Republic,

Chad,

Chile,

China,

Colombia,

Comoros,

Congo,

Costa Rica,

Cote d’Ivoire,

Cuba,

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,

Democratic Republic of the Congo,

Djibouti,

Dominica, and

Dominican Republic.

Others include;

Egypt,

El Salvador,

Equatorial Guinea,

Eritrea,

Eswatini,

Ethiopia,

Gabon,

Gambia,

Ghana,

Grenada,

Guatemala,

Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau,

Guyana,

Haiti,

Honduras,

India,

Indonesia,

Iran (Islamic Republic of),

Iraq,

Jamaica,

Jordan,

Kazakhstan,

Kenya,

Kiribati,

Kuwait,

Kyrgyzstan,

Lao People’s Democratic Republic,

Lebanon,

Lesotho,

Liberia,

Libya,

Malawi,

Malaysia,

Maldives,

Mali,

Marshall Islands,

Mauritania,

Mauritius,

Mexico,

Micronesia (Federated States of),

Mongolia,

Morocco,

Mozambique,

Myanmar,

Namibia,

Nepal,

Netherlands (Kingdom of the),

New Zealand,

Nicaragua,

Niger,

Nigeria,

Pakistan,

Panama,

Papua New Guinea,

Peru, and

The Philippines.

The rest are;

Qatar,

Republic of Korea,

Russian Federation,

Rwanda,

Saint Kitts and Nevis,

Saint Lucia,

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

Saudi Arabia,

Senegal,

Serbia,

Seychelles,

Sierra Leone,

Singapore,

Somalia,

South Africa,

South Sudan,

Sri Lanka,

Sudan,

Suriname,

Tajikistan,

Thailand,

Timor-Leste,

Togo,

Trinidad and Tobago,

Tunisia,

Türkiye,

Turkmenistan,

Uganda,

United Arab Emirates,

United Republic of Tanzania,

Uruguay,

Uzbekistan,

Vanuatu,

Viet Nam,

Yemen,

Zambia, and

Zimbabwe”.

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