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	International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Nations International Years, beginning with the World Refugee Year in 1959/1960, are designated in order to focus world attention on important issues.
		The proclamation of an international year to commemorate the struggle against slavery and its abolition marked the bicentenary of the proclamation of the first fl state, Haiti, as well as the reunion of the peoples of Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe.
		Among the initiatives that marked the commemorative year was a virtual exhibition, Lest We Forget: The Triumph over Slavery, created by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and New York Public Library.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Year_to_Commemorate_the_Struggle_against_Slavery_and_its_Abolition (275 words)

	Anti-Slavery - news Millions in slavery as UN names 2004 abolition year
		Slavery today takes many forms: entire families are forced to work as bonded labourers in South Asia, men are used as forced labour in American agriculture and women are trafficked into Europe's sex industry.
		This UN year provides a valuable opportunity both to commemorate the long struggle for abolition and to recognise that slavery continues to exist throughout the world.
		It is vital governments develop and implement laws against slavery and ensure those who continue to use slaves are prosecuted.
	www.antislavery.org /homepage/news/UNslaveryyear090104.htm (231 words)

	Anti-Slavery - News Release - Millions in slavery as UN names 2004
		On 10 January, the United Nations launches 2004 as the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition.
		Slavery today takes many forms: entire families are forced to work as bonded slaves in South Asia, men are used as forced labour in American agriculture and women are trafficked into Europe's sex industry.
		Slavery is illegal under international law and in most countries, but in many cases laws are not enforced and offenders are not punished.
	www.antislavery.org /archive/press/pressRelease2004-UNablnyear.htm (310 words)

	International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition - 2004
		International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 2003 (22.08.2003)
		A quick introduction on slavery, the slave trade, trafficking and modern-day slavery.
		The two-pagers on "Bonded Labour" and "Slavery from the past..." can be used by teachers as illustrative materials in civic education, history or other social science classrooms.
	www.hrea.org /feature-events/slavery-abolition2004.html (351 words)

	Fight Against Slavery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Its critics say the aim of these meetings is to seek ways to benefit the participants at the cost of global society and the environment.
		Its projects generate certified emissions credits that are purchased by the fund and then distributed among the participants, which can use them to meet their greenhouse gas reduction goals.
		A study by Canada's International Development Research Center indicates that the FTAA is considered a means for strengthening the U.S. negotiating position against the European Union and the countries of Southeast Asia.
	www.tierramerica.net /2004/0202/iconectate.shtml (4338 words)

	International Year To Commemorate The Struggle Against Slavery And Its Abolition (2004)
		The General Assembly, on 18 December 2002, proclaimed 2004 the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and Its Abolition (resolution 57/195).
		It took this action as part of its follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held at Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 8 September 2001.
		The Assembly reaffirmed its commitment to a global drive for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and stressed the need to maintain political will and momentum at the national, regional and international levels.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/activities/against_slavery.html (193 words)

	I CARE - Reports on the opening of the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition.
		I CARE - Reports on the opening of the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition.
		Well, the transatlantic slavetrade went on for a few hundred years and slavery was abolished only a few generations ago.
		CASMAS, the Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan.
	icare.to /antislavery2004.html (413 words)

	U.N. launches commemoration of struggle against slavery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Slavery is banned by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and by a supplementary UN convention passed in 1956, but it persists in various forms, including bonded labour, human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children, UNESCO said.
		A museum is due to open this year on Goree Island in Senegal, one of the main venues from which millions of Africans departed for the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries, their lives forfeit to new masters with absolute power.
		The slavery of relatively modern times was initially abolished on the Caribbean island of Saint-Domingue (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in 1793, while Cuba and Brazil were the last officially to eliminate it in 1886 and 1888.
	www.worldrevolution.org /article/1094 (972 words)

	FI: International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		FI: International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
		commemorate the bicentenary of the Haitian Revolution, which led to the establishment of the first fl republic in the Western hemisphere, and, by extension, to the liberation of the peoples of the Caribbean and Latin America from slavery;
		mobilize the international community, the academic world and civil society towards helping to promote a culture of peace in redressing the aftermath of this tragedy, in order to avoid new forms of slavery.
	www.franciscansinternational.org /news/print.php?id=267 (272 words)

	2004 at AllExperts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	oxycoton.freetravelresources.info /e/0/2004.htm (5527 words)

	The Bridging Tree - Spring 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year 2004 as the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition in honor of the bicentenary of the establishment of Haiti — the first fl republic in the Western Hemisphere.
		Slavery has been outlawed by national legislation and prohibited by numerous international instruments. Yet nearly every day, there are shocking reports of men, women and children who are exploited, denied their basic rights and their dignity and deprived of a better future, through both ancient and modern forms of slavery.
		Slavery has yet to be eradicated. On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm our commitment to end this intolerable and unacceptable practice, and our determination to take action to ensure that we do.
	www.lifebridge.org /spring2004/unreport.htm (592 words)

	2004: Slavery Abolition Year: UNESCO Culture Sector
		Close of international year for the commemoration of the struggle against slavery and its abolition
		Closing the 2004 International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition.
		01 Aug 2005 - 23 Aug 2005 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, celebrated each year on 23 August, is an opportunity for widespread reflection as to the causes and consequences of the scourge, thereby putting an end to the silence that has too long surrounded this human tragedy.
	portal.unesco.org /culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13974&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (432 words)

	NIGERIAN PERMANENT DELEGATION TO UNESCO
		Its Director-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, launched the Year in January in Cape Town in Ghana, one of the major centres of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
		The interactions that were generated by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in Africa, America, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, in the fields of music, dance, artistic creation and expression, as well as spiritual traditions will be a major theme in the coming years.
		It is for this reason that this Commemoration is universal; not only does it refer to the past, but it also makes it possible to have an objective view of the present with a view to open durable prospects in the field of inter-cultural dialogue.
	www.unesco.org /delegates/nigeria/OmolewaSpeech25.html (1089 words)

	UN News: International Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In January this year, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura launched 2004 as the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition.
		The promotion of historical sites connected to the slave trade and the celebration of events and personalities linked to slavery and its abolition are also being organized.
		Slavery was first abolished in Saint Domingue (1793) and last in Cuba (1886) and Brazil (1888), and is banned by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and by the 1956 UN Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery.
	un-bd.org /unwa/HomePage/Publications/womun-vol28/0402/p13-slavery.htm (282 words)

	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - 2 December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, recalls the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (resolution 317 (IV) of 2 December 1949).
		By resolution 57/195 of 18 December 2002, the Assembly proclaimed 2004 the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition.
		Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956)
	www.un.org /depts/dhl/slavery/index.html (340 words)

	NIGERIAN PERMANENT DELEGATION TO UNESCO
		Collectively, as was the case 200 years ago, we must dig into our pool of knowledge to generate an in-built resistance against any attempt to deny anyone his or her fundamental human right.
		The General Conference shared this sentiment at its 5th plenary meeting of the first session of the General Conference on Friday 22 November 1946 when Mr Saiyadain, head of the Indian delegation to the General Conference, invited the world in his address to consider specific intervention to assist the poor and weak.
		I wish to join all those who have identified with the sufferings of slavery and attracted by the courage and determination of those who resisted the evil, to congratulate Haiti for its effective and successful resistance which we are all marking this year.
	www.unesco.org /delegates/nigeria/OmolewaSpeech14.html (998 words)

	UNESCO Chief Visits Ghana, Marks Struggle Against Slavery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		According to a proclamation by the UN General Assembly, the commemorative year also marks the 200th anniversary of the successful uprising of enslaved Africans in Haiti, establishing the world's first fl-ruled republic.
		The African military success in Haiti was one of the factors that led to the abolition of the slave trade, though domestic commerce in African descendants as property continued in the Americas for several decades to come.
		Aside from looking at the past, it adds, spotlighting slavery aims to raise an alarm about all forms of contemporary racism, discrimination and intolerance, bring about a greater awareness of the need to respect human beings, promote a culture of peace and prevent new forms of slavery.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/activities/against_slavery_ghana.html?print (452 words)

	afrol News - World Slavery Abolition Year launched in Ghana
		UNESCO leader Koichiro Matsuura labelled the slave trade and slavery "one of the darkest chapters in the history of the world" at the commemorative ceremony, where he was joined by President Kufuor of Ghana.
		UNESCO said the year, "devoted to an unprecedented tragedy that was recognised as a 'crime against humanity' at the 2001 Durban World Conference against Racism...
		According to a proclamation by the UN General Assembly, the commemorative year also marks the 200th anniversary of the successful uprising of enslaved Africans in Haiti, establishing the world's first fl-ruled republic in 1804.
	www.afrol.com /printable_article/10743 (659 words)

	Racial discrimination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The World Conference against Racism and Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance is to be held from 31 August to 7 September 2001 in Durban, South Africa.
		On 4 December 2000, the General Assembly called for observing the International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance at all levels and by all actors, including through programmes of action (resolution 55/84 III).
		The Year, proclaimed by the Assembly in 1998 (resolution 53/132 III of 9 December), aims at drawing world attention to the objectives of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and at giving momentum to the political commitment to eliminate those phenomena.
	un.by /en/about/events/rasism (546 words)

	What should the UN year against slavery achieve?
		UNESCO marked the start of International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition last Saturday (10 January) in a ceremony on the Cape Coast of Ghana where millions of slaves were shipped from.
		The decision to declare 2004 a year against slavery follows the 2001 UN Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Intolerance, held in Durban, south Africa.
		The legacy of slavery and colonialism is also blamed for much of the racism and economic disadvantage experience by fl people and nations today.
	www.blink.org.uk /print.asp?key=2868 (567 words)

	Ligali.org - No More Talk \| What Are You Doing
		Ligali is very disappointed with apathetic stance held by the British Government and national educational and media organisations in publicising their intentions to commemorate this year and the key individual dates.
		To that end, we must promote the history of the slave trade and slavery, and make it known to the general public ; we must also devote ourselves to rigorous scientific research that highlights the whole historical truth about the tragedy in a constructive perspective.
		• Mobilize the international community, the academic world and civil society to clarify the aftermath of this tragedy and exert a renewed vigilance against new forms of slavery.
	www.ligali.org /nomoretalk/2004whatareyoudoing.htm (1235 words)

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	Law & Our Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		However, it is only an episode of slavery, which is a larger phenomenon that dates back to the earliest antiquity.
		Mobilize the international community, the academic world and civil society towards helping to promote a culture of peace in redressing the aftermath of this tragedy, in order to prevent new forms of slavery.
		It is in this regard that the commemoration is of universal interest, it will not simply refer to the past, but will give a clear view of the present, offering lasting prospects of intercultural dialogue in the future.
	www.thedailystar.net /law/2004/12/01/advocacy.htm (275 words)

	2004
		March 22 Child pornography charges against were dropped after Paul Reubens (Peewee Herman)pleaded guilty to a separate "misdemeanor obscenity" charge.
		April 8 - Former Japanese famous economist, professor at Waseda University graduate school Kazuhide Uekusa was arrested on the escalator of JR Shinagawa Station because of trying to peep under high school girl's skirt with his hand mirror.
		August 6 - A United Nations report that blames the government of Sudan for crimes against humanity in Darfur is released.
	articles.gourt.com /?article=2004 (6732 words)

	Read Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On Monday 23 August, the world marks the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, this is particularly important as 2004 is United Nations International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition.
		SLAVERY DAY OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT EUROPE'S TRAFFICKING VICTIMS On Monday 23 August, the world marks the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, this is particularly important as 2004 is United Nations International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition.
		Trafficking is the fastest growing form of slavery, yet protection for the victims of this crime is an issue of serious concern.
	www.unobserver.com /printen.php?id=1885 (342 words)

	History Highlights - Struggle Against Slavery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Slavery, the subjugation and ownership of human beings by others has existed for thousands of years.
		One of its main aims is to heighten world attention and education on the issues of slavery, its history and its global impact.
		Books are available from the library to learn more about slavery, its history, its consequences and its abolition.
	www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca /branches/LibrarySquare/his/Highlights/Struggle_Against_Slavery.html (547 words)

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