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Johannesburg - Few days before the actual Nelson Mandela International Day, UNIC assisted with the participation of two Tanzanian students from the UN clubs to the Nelson Mandela debate in South Africa.  The Nelson Mandela debate held n 14 th July was sponsored by the South African Airlines and the Nelson warner brothers studio tours Mandela centre of Memory (Mandela Foundation).  A group 31 young people from various countries around the world between the ages of 13-18 were hosted to participate in a Youth dialogue.
The two identified by YUNA and UNIC's Reference Assistant were Miss Nuru Kessy from Benjamin William Mkapa Secondary school and Mr. Rahim Rajab from Azania Boys Secondary school. The dialogue which was held in Johannesburg at the Johannesburg Council chambers and it focused on the ideals of one of the most revered warner brothers studio tours Statesmen former President Nelson Mandela for a democratic and free society. Each student took time to do research on former President Nelson Mandela with the special focus on his Early years, his prison life, Nelson warner brothers studio tours Mandela's presidential years, as recipient of Nobel Peace Prize and on his retirement years. Each young person warner brothers studio tours focused warner brothers studio tours on the lessons learnt during a particular year of Madiba's life.
The objective of the event was aimed at raising funds to enable for the Nelson Mandela centre of memory to rollout the much needed warner brothers studio tours Mandela libraries project throughout South Africa, with a bias to rural communities.
On the international level, the UN joined warner brothers studio tours a call by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to devote 67 minutes of time to helping others, as a way to mark Nelson Mandela International Day. For 67 years Nelson Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity — as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa.
In November 2009, the UN General Assembly passed resolution A/RES/64/13 declaring 18 July Nelson Mandela International Day in recognition of the former South African President's contribution to the culture of peace and freedom. warner brothers studio tours The UN General Assembly recognizes Nelson Mandela's values and his dedication to the service of humanity, in the fields of conflict resolution, race relations, the promotion and protection of human rights, reconciliation, gender equality and the rights of children and other vulnerable groups, as well as the uplifting of poor and underdeveloped warner brothers studio tours communities. It acknowledges his contribution to the struggle for democracy internationally warner brothers studio tours and the promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world.