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Pascal Lottaz is joined by former Maltese foreign minister Evarist Bartolo to discuss the UN vote on slavery reparations, Western abstentions and opposition, the link between slavery, colonialism and present power, compensation for slave owners, Haiti, Africa-Europe ties, rising pressure from the global majority, and the wider fight over dominance, debt, war, and solidarity. ([evaristbartolo.mt](https://evaristbartolo.mt/blog/the-eus-pretence-of-equality/))
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Evarist Bartolo website: https://evaristbartolo.mt
Evarist Bartolo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/evarist.bartolo/
Times of Malta: https://timesofmalta.com
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction and UN vote
00:01:50 Slavery and colonial power
00:10:01 EU abstentions and reparations
00:15:17 Guterres and legal excuses
00:21:27 UN majority and world shift
00:25:48 Dominance decline and artifacts
00:29:09 Debt traps and new alliances
00:32:54 Iran war and Western decline
00:39:48 Social solidarity and closing
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