NEW YORK, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the death of Nelson Mandela, in New York on 5 December:Nelson Mandela was a singular figure on the global stage — a man of quiet dignity and towering achievement, a giant for justice and a down-to-earth human inspiration.I am profoundly saddened by his passing. On behalf of the United Nations, I extend my deepest condolences to the people of South Africa and especially to Nelson Mandela’s family and loved ones.Many around the world were greatly influenced by his selfless struggle for human dignity,…
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NEW YORK, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gérard Araud ( France):The members of the Security Council are profoundly saddened to hear of the death of President Nelson Mandela. He was an inspirational leader who transformed the lives of millions of people around the world. The members of the Security Council extend their deepest condolences to his family and to the Government and people of South Africa at this time.The members of the Security Council express their deepest admiration for the outstanding qualities of moral and political…
BEIJING, China, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei announces at the regular press conference:Vice Chairman Wan E’xiang of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress will go to Kenya upon invitation as the special envoy of President Xi Jinping to attend the celebration marking the 50th anniversary of Kenyan independence on December 12.
ROME, Italy, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — “We have lost one of the world’s passionate defenders of the right to food,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, on learning of the death of Nelson Mandela, former South Africa president. “As a true champion of human rights, Nelson Mandela understood that the hunger of millions of people was unjust and unsustainable,” said the FAO Director-General. “At FAO, we have been inspired over the years by Mandela’s repeated calls to address hunger and the many social and economic ills that either led to hunger or resulted from a lack…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — With the death of Nelson Mandela the world has lost a great and visionary leader – a global hero for whom a democratic and free society was “an ideal, which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die”.Mandela’s commitment to overcome prejudice and hate inspired not only his determination to break down barriers between different races, but also to eliminate discrimination against those living with HIV, calling on people to give publicity to HIV/AIDS and no…
BERLIN, Germany, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Minister Westerwelle issued the following statement to express his condolences after hearing the news of Nelson Mandela’s death:“South Africa and the world have lost a great human being and an outstanding statesman.Nelson Mandela’s political visions of peace and freedom, of the indomitable power of reconciliation and compassion, were and remain a source of hope and inspiration to people in Africa and throughout the world.His name will always be associated with the peaceful transition from the iniquitous apartheid regime to democracy and the rule of law. And not only that –…
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJonathan ShrierActing Special Representative, Office of Global Food SecurityJohannesburg, South AfricaDecember 4, 2013The U.S. government currently partners with South Africa as a “strategic partner” in Feed the Future, the U.S. global hunger and food security initiative. As our whole-of-government initiative, Feed the Future works hand-in-hand with 19 partner countries to develop their agriculture sectors and break the vicious cycle of poverty and hunger. Our goal is to reduce the prevalence of poverty and stunted children by 20 percent in the specific areas where we work, which will help families lift themselves out…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — ITU membership, management and staff join the people of South Africa and the whole world in mourning the passing of Nelson Mandela, the revolutionary South African anti-apartheid leader who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and who is hailed as one of the most transforming personalities the world has ever seen.Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in 1918 to the Thembu royal family in Transkei, South Africa. He spent the better part of his life in an epic struggle against apartheid in South Africa and served 27 years…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Calling Nelson Mandela a leader with hard-won wisdom and maturity unparalleled in our time, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary gave thanks to God for Mandela’s life, which he described as a gift to South Africa and the whole world.A renowned anti-apartheid activist and Nobel peace laureate who served as South Africa’s first black president, Mandela, 95, passed away on Thursday 5 December at his home in Houghton near Johannesburg.“He will be recalled as the leader who acted to unify a nation once deliberately divided along the lines of…
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved US$228.5 million for a new push to boost water management in the Senegal River Basin and further improve the development prospects of Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal. More than 4.5 million people living within the Senegal River Basin are expected to benefit directly from this multi-country project. Their countries rank among the world’s poorest with 42-53% of the population, mostly subsistence or smallholder farmers, living below the poverty line. Annual population growth is estimated at 2.7 percent and the population is expected to…