25 March 2026, New York - Statement on behalf of the European Union and its Member States by Ambassador Hedda Samson, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, at the UN General Assembly commemorative plenary on the International Day for Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade   Check against delivery Madam President of the General Assembly, Mr Secretary General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to speak on