75 UNGA: Statement by the Cuban delegation at the meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. New York, 25 March 2021.
Mr. President,
Observing the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade becomes vitally important in the current context, marked by alarming expressions of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia in some of the most developed societies.
For Cuba, this issue is particularly symbolic, because we feel highly proud of our African roots and heritage.