UN launches international design competition for memorial to victims of slavery

[European blood]

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations launched an international design competition Friday for a permanent memorial to victims of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The memorial will be constructed at U.N. headquarters in New York and the competition is open to all artists. The theme of the project is “Acknowledging the Tragedy, Considering the Legacy; Lest We Forget,” and designs must be submitted by Dec. 19.

The U.N. General Assembly has endorsed the memorial, and the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, a Permanent Memorial Committee, and Caribbean and African nations are overseeing the project.

“The issue of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade stands out still today as a crime against humanity, one of the first manifestations of man’s inhumanity to man,” Jamaica’s U.N. Ambassador Raymond Wolfe, chair of the Memorial Committee, told a news conference launching the competition.

The aim, he said, is to have “one of the worst chapters in human history ... finally being acknowledged and honored here at the United Nations.”

Wolfe expressed hope that the monument would be a place for reflection, education “and sober thought.”

He added: “And that monument must be a symbol, a strong symbol, to say never again.”

Wolfe appealed to governments and corporate donors to contribute generously to reach the goal of $4.5 million to construct the memorial. UNESCO indicated that about $1 million has been contributed so far.

UNESCO is administering the competition’s initial phase, reviewing qualifications of entrants and selecting 16 semi-finalists. These will be sent to the Permanent Memorial Committee at U.N. headquarters, where an international panel of judges will select seven finalists and the winning design. The artist who designed it will receive a $50,000 award.

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[Beorn]

A couple of blacks hitting a lone black with a solitary and stereotypical Jew counting his money, whilst further in the background could be the crew of the ship (manned by Europeans) all looking on the scene with genuine horror.

What do you think? Winnable idea?

[European blood]

What about the estimated 1 million Europeans enslaved by the Barbary Coast muslim pirates?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british...laves_01.shtml

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/whtslav.htm

http://islam-watch.org/index.php?opt...sk=view&id=691

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_Slave_Trade


“The issue of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade stands out still today as a crime against humanity, one of the first manifestations of man’s inhumanity to man,”

This is BS.

Slavery and the " manifestations of man’s inhumanity to man" are a lot older than the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The White Slavery existed at least since Ancient Mesopotamia but because whitey is always evil will never be worth of pity or victimized like the parasitical non-whites are.

The Negro Slavery started in Africa (negros enslaving negros of rival tribes) and it is still in practice today and the semitic arabs and jews and moors were involved the slave trade at least since the Roman Empire.

Why doesn't the UN tells the whole truth?

Who are they trying to protect?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_slave_trade

http://www.natvan.com/free-speech/fs982a.html

http://www.jewwatch.com/jew-atrociti...ip-owners.html

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[rhiannon]

I like the idea of a memorial.

However, perhaps it be most appropriate to build the memorial as a means to honor ALL victims of slavery?

Slavery has been a human rights issue since the Ancients, after all....