UN gives backing to ‘Mandela Day’

The United Nations General Assembly has declared 18 July Mandela Day, to mark the contribution of Nelson Mandela to world freedom.

KATHRADA AHMED – REPRESENTING NELSON MANDELA

Ahmed Mohamed “Kathy” Kathrada has spent his entire life fighting against racism. He endured arrests, banning orders, harassment and 26 years imprisonment for this cause. Now in our 16th year of democracy, he remains determined to continue his efforts to bring about real non-racialism in South Africa.

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The Permanent Secretariat of Nobel Peace Laureates Summits derives from a new and more broadly based collaboration between the International Gorbachev Foundation and the City of Rome for realizing the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates. The Permanent Secretariat, based in Rome, is a non-profit association without political aims.
As well as organizing the tasks of the Summit, the Secretariat monitors the activities of Nobel Peace Laureates, while promoting the adoption of the "Charter for a world without violence" and supporting the work of the Nobel, who participate in the annual Summits at Rome, as mediators in various conflicts around the world (Article 3 of the Statute).