The world is marking the Nelson Mandela International Day by commemorating the South African leader's contributions to freedom and peace.
The United Nations is marking this Day since 2009.
Mandela dedicated his life for the lifelong struggle for humanity, human rights, reconciliation, gender equality, peace, justice and unity.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has stated that Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life showed how one person can transform oppression, struggle and subjugation into reconciliation, social justice and unity. "His legacy is a call to rekindle our global commitment to peace, justice and human dignity. This year’s theme reminds us that the power to end poverty and inequality is in all our hands," the UN Secretary General stated.
He knew that ordinary people could bend the arc of history, and that lasting change started not in capitals and boardrooms, but in neighbourhoods and communities, the UN Secretary General added.
"On this important day, and every day, let us all be guided by Madiba’s lifelong commitment to freedom, justice, equality and the rights that belong to every person on earth."
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