UN to mark Mandela's 100th birthday with a peace summit
The UN General Assembly has decided to mark the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth by holding a high-level meeting focusing on world peace ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders in September 2018.
A resolution adopted without a vote says the "Nelson Mandela Peace Summit" will include speeches by top UN officials, the chair of the African Union Commission and member states.
In 2009, the General Assembly established "Nelson Mandela International Day" on July 18, the date he was born in 1981.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Born: 18 July 1918,
Awards
Sakharov Prize (1988)
Bharat Ratna (1990)
Nishan-e-Pakistan (1992)
Nobel Peace Prize (1993)
Order of Lenin
Presidential Medal of Freedom
The UN General Assembly has decided to mark the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth by holding a high-level meeting focusing on world peace ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders in September 2018.
A resolution adopted without a vote says the "Nelson Mandela Peace Summit" will include speeches by top UN officials, the chair of the African Union Commission and member states.
In 2009, the General Assembly established "Nelson Mandela International Day" on July 18, the date he was born in 1981.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Born: 18 July 1918,
Awards
Sakharov Prize (1988)
Bharat Ratna (1990)
Nishan-e-Pakistan (1992)
Nobel Peace Prize (1993)
Order of Lenin
Presidential Medal of Freedom