The United Nations General Assembly has organised this 24 September, a day before the start of the General Debate of the 73rd session of the General Assembly, a peace summit in honour of Nelson Mandela.
Secretary-General António Guterres (third from right), María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (fourth from right), President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, and Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, unveils the Nelson Mandela Statue from the Republic of South Africa
Photo Credit: UN Photo/Cia Pak
The focus of this summit is first to celebrate a centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela and to offer the opportunity for world leaders to renew their commitment to global peace, conflict prevention, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, promotion and protection of human rights and a long-term development initiatives as called by the Secretary General on the International Peace Day last week. During this summit, a political declaration which will reaffirm the values of Nelson Mandelawill be adopted.
The United Nations continues to honour distinguished African leaders who have contributed to peace building. “Nelson Mandela was one of humanity’s great leaders.He embodied the highest values of the United Nations. He devoted his life to serving his community – as a lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, a peacemaker, President and a respected elder”, said Antonio Guteress, the UN SG in the remark of this peace summit.
Last week, at the tribute session of the seventh Secretary General Kofi Annan,the current UN SG, Antonio Guterres said he has an enormous debt of gratitude towards Kofi Annan. “I would very probably not be here if he had not chosen me to become, thirteen years ago, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,” said Mr Guterres.
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