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Should also be noted that it's specifically about african slavery in the transatlantic slave trade, not a general ranking of slavery above the rest. I think there's merit to that actually just being the worst we've done due to its sheer scale and cruelty (not to mention its effects still lingering to this day), but it carries the usual issues of potentially feeling like it diminishes other horrible things (irish potato famine, holocaust, ...). So this might be a rare case where I actually agree with my government voting abstain. I'm a little surprised even that, in their usual israel bootlicking, they didn't just vote against because "clearly holocaust was the worst".

Edit: it seems the meat of it is also about recognizing that there have never been any reparations, and that there really should be some. Which I absolutely agree with, and I figure votes wouldve looked the same regardless of whether it also recognizes it as the greatest crime against humanity (maybe israel wouldve actually been the exception, since their against vote was probably "but holocaust", and I don't think they'd really be on the hook for reparations). So you can now pretty clearly see the map as "how much did the country benefit from transatlantic slave trade, ergo how scared are they that they might actually have to pay reparations for the still lasting economic advantages they gained". All while africa is still largely being exploited by those same countries (plus others, now).