UK Votes Against UN Racism and Slavery Reparations Resolution

United Nations Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif delivers a speech during the opening day of the 51st session of the U.N. Human Rights Council at the U.N. offices in Geneva on Sept. 12, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

The United Kingdom has voted against a resolution from the United Nations Human Rights Council to pay reparations from the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

On Friday, a resolution titled “From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” was tabled before a 47-strong U.N. Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva.