PLANS were for the 'Ark of Return' , the permanent memorial to be housed at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York in honour of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, to be erected in time for the 69th session of the General Assembly, next month. But the timing has been pushed back to a date in 2015 to coincide with the start of the International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024).
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