Accra, Ghana – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has touched down in Accra, Ghana, for the High-Level Consultative Conference on the Next Steps to the Landmark United Nations Resolution on the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans, according to the Namibian presidency.
The Ghanaian government is hosting the gathering, which has drawn Heads of State and Government, ministers, civil society representatives, historians, researchers and legal experts from more than 80 countries. The aim is to push forward actionable commitments on reconciliation, restitution and reparatory justice. Organisers say it stands as the first major global gathering on the subject since the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recognising the trafficking and enslavement of Africans as a grave crime against humanity.
Travelling with President Nandi-Ndaitwah are the First Gentleman, Lieutenant General (Rtd) Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah, and the Minister of International Relations and Trade, Hon. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi. On arrival, the Namibian leader was welcomed by Ambassador Francis Danti Kotia, Coordinating Director for Multilateral and International Organisations at Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Namibia’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata, and staff from the Namibian High Commission in Accra were also on hand to receive the President.
The conference follows on from United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/80/250, adopted nearly three months ago, which calls for stronger global cooperation on historical truth-telling, recognition, accountability and practical pathways towards reparatory justice and restitution. Delegates are working to turn the resolution’s principles into a Global Post-Adoption Framework intended to guide implementation and feed into wider systemic reforms internationally.
For Namibia, the trip points to longstanding ties with Ghana and signals the country’s continued involvement in international efforts around historical recognition, accountability and reparatory justice. The conference also gives African nations a platform to address the lasting effects of slavery, colonialism and other historical injustices still felt by communities of African descent worldwide.
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