President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has called for concrete global action on reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade.

Speaking Thursday in Accra, Ghana, President Boakai said a new United Nations resolution must move beyond recognition and lead to truth-telling, healing, restitution, education, and development partnerships.

The Liberian leader also sought to frame reparatory justice as a call for responsibility rather than blame.

He said the effort does not seek to assign personal guilt to present generations for past crimes but asks nations to confront uncomfortable truths with empathy and honesty.

He proposed a common African position, an AU-UN expert commission, stronger history education, return of stolen cultural artifacts, and global efforts to address inequality linked to slavery.