14. 仅仅作出赔偿并不能根除种族歧视。然而，要实现一个不分种族、族裔或民族出身，真诚承诺尊重所有人天赋尊严的全球秩序，则赔偿是一个重要的方面。实现赔偿方面重要的第一步是加深人们对奴隶制和殖民主义的种族歧视罪恶全部毒素的认识，这是世界历史上无法回避的事实，20 但在对这种恶行承担最大罪责的国家里，这段历史却常常从史书和的民族意识中被抹去。
14. Reparations alone cannot achieve the eradication of racial discrimination. Nevertheless, they are a vital aspect of a global order genuinely committed to the inherent dignity of all, irrespective of race, ethnicity or national origin. An important first step towards achieving reparations is raising awareness as to the full extent of the racially discriminatory evils of slavery and colonialism, which are an unavoidable reality of global history,20 but which are regularly erased from the history books and the national consciousness of the nations that bear the greatest guilt for perpetrating such evils.