54. 发展援助和国家改革在对奴隶制和殖民主义的一整套补偿措施当然可以构成其一个部分。然而，如果提供援助的方式完全否认了当代的问题与其历史渊源之间的联系，则这种行动就不能起到对根植于历史上不公正的种族不平等和歧视性结构的必要功效。同样，这种无视历史和不顾实际背景的发展援助也未能履行针对历史性种族歧视和不公正的当代表现所承担的具体国际人权义务。寻求真相、正义、赔偿和保证不再发生问题特别报告员批评了以非真诚承认对侵权行为责任的方式表达悔恨或遗憾的方式。178非洲人后裔问题专家工作组现任主席记录了从历史角度述说加勒比地区真诚为可持续发展目标努力具有十分的重要性。他的见解也适用于根本上由奴隶制和殖民主义确定其命运的其他地区。他指出，在许多关于加勒比的发展论述中，“从未承认加勒比地区所面临的社会和经济增长滞后而且在[人类发展指数]中非常明显，在体制结构上与该地区的殖民历史存在关联性”。179
54. Development aid and national reform can certainly form part of the suite of reparatory measures for slavery and colonialism. However, if pursued in a manner that completely denies the connection between contemporary problems and their historical origins, such initiatives cannot do the necessary work of repairing structures of racial inequality and discrimination rooted in historic injustice. Such ahistorical and uncontextualized development aid similarly fails to fulfil specific international human rights obligations relating to the contemporary manifestations of historic racial discrimination and injustice. The Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence has criticized expressions of remorse or regret that lack acknowledgement of responsibility for violations. 178 The current Chair of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent has documented the importance of a historicized account of the genuine pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean. His insights are applicable to other regions whose destinies were fundamentally shaped by slavery and colonialism. He points out that, in much development discourse regarding the Caribbean, “there is no acknowledgment that the lack of social and economic growth that confront the Caribbean, and which are so visible in the [Human Development Index], are structurally linked to the region’s colonial past”.179