The United States was one of three member countries within the United Nations (U.N.) to vote against a resolution on Thursday calling the international slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations to be given to slaves’ ancestors.

Israel and Argentina also voted against the resolution, and 52 countries abstained, including Australia, all 27 European Union members, Japan, Oman, and the United Kingdom, The Hill reported. The resolution still passed after receiving 123 supporting votes in the U.N. General Assembly.

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In a statement, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Dan Negrea said the resolution was “highly problematic in countless respects.”

“[The U.S.] does not recognize a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred,” Negrea said. “The United States also strongly objects to the resolution’s attempt to rank crimes against humanity in any type of hierarchy.”

“The assertion that some crimes against humanity are less severe than others objectively diminishes the suffering of countless victims and survivors of other atrocities through history,” Negrea added.