Mandela's 91st birthday - Ban Ki-moon attends event
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 17 July 2009 - The Secretary-General tomorrow will attend an event marking the 91st birthday of former South African President Nelson Mandela; thats at 3:00 p.m. in Grand Central Station. Among other things, he will sign a Volunteer Scroll to pledge 67 minutes of volunteer work to honor Nelson Mandela. And upstairs today, we have a message from the Secretary-General, calling Mandela a living embodiment of the highest values of the United Nations. To this day, he works tirelessly for peace and human dignity throughout the world, the Secretary-General says. His engagement in the fight against AIDS broke new ground against stigma. Above all, the Secretary-General says, he has shown the difference one person can make in the face of injustice, conflict, poverty and disease.
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