Thursday, March 28, 2024

UN declares July 18 Mandela Day

Share

Nelson Mandela
The United Nations General Assembly has declared that 18 July of each year is to be observed as Nelson Mandela International Day with effect from 2010.

This declaration was arrived at after the Assembly came up with a draft resolution A/64/L.13 entitled “Nelson Mandela International Day” on November 10th, 2009.

This is according to a statement released to ZANIS,signed by First Secretary for Press at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, Moses Walubita

The resolution recognizes Mr Mandela’s leading role in the support for Africa’s struggle for liberation and contribution to the creation of a non-racial and democratic South Africa.
The resolution also recognizes South Africa’s first black President’s values and his dedication to the service of humanity.

Mr Mandela President served humanity in the fields of conflict resolution, promotion and protection of human rights as well as uplifting poor and underdeveloped communities.

Introducing the draft resolution , Permanent Representative of South Africa Baso Sangqu thanked in particular the Heads of State and government of the Non- Aligned Movement(NAM) member states for their support and endorsement of the initiative.
He also gave a brief account of Mr. Mandela’s struggle during the days of apartheid and his leadership through South Africa’s most terrible and triumphant times.

Meanwhile, Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Lazarous Kapambwe also welcomed the declaration of Mandela day saying that Mr. Mandela has done a lot and therefore deserves what is due to him.

Mr. Kapambwe said that Mr Mandela is a world treasure and Zambia was proud to be one of the co-sponsors of the resolution declaring 18 July, his birthday as Nelson Mandela Day.

ZANIS

9 COMMENTS

  1. No words to add than say he deserves it you peole. This man has gained popularity through out the world Baba. Great leaders are not made but born with dedication to their calling.

  2. Well done UN, MADIBA diserves it. How about our own K K ? They are waiting for him to die !
    KK did a lot for the liberation of southern African States… We are waiting.

  3. A worthy recognition…give me Churchill and we shall present Madiba…an excellent man indeed…well done…and am always thinking these people dont love us…

  4. Indeed, a very humbling and well dezerved gesture by the UN. Congrats Madiba. KK spent sleepless nights to see to the liberation of Southern Afrika, even at the expense of hiz country- Zambia.

  5. While, Jesus must really love Madiba, because only he also has a day celebrated by the world. Hello, Kaunda left us docile, infused with inferiority complexes and alcoholics everywhere. He put fear and false worship of little kings in Zambian people. There were other ways of liberating Southern and other African states. Do you know Britain is still paying America for world war one and two? And Jamaco One African currency us the seed of the untichrist I know you are Christian and only excited now; but Africans are like ants we need no unified states but a return to our times as pharoahs kings and our own king Solomon.

Comments are closed.

Read more

Local News

Discover more from Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site - LusakaTimes.com

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading