UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the official commemoration of the victims of the African slave trade by beating drums, calling on the international community to fight contemporary forms of slavery.

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   At a ceremony held at the UN headquarters in New York, Ban joined artists and musicians from Brazil, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, the Caribbean countries and the United States, as well as students, diplomats and UN officials to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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