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July 18 is Nelson Mandela Day; UN Secretary General says we are still learning from the iconic leader
By Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
July 27, 2023 – As the world struggles under a mass of issues, from humanitarian concerns, to war and climate change a message of hope and determination has been shared by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as he reflects on the life of the late Nelson Mandela shared on international Nelson Mandela Day July 18: 
He says “Nelson Mandela was a colossus of courage and conviction. A leader of immense achievement and extraordinary humanity.”
Today, poverty, hunger and inequality are on the rise. Countries are drowning in debt. The climate crisis is destroying the lives of those who have done the least to cause it. And our unfair and outdated international financial system is not fulfilling its function as a global safety net. We have it in our power to solve each of these problems.
Secretary General Guterres urged world citizens to honor the late Mandela with action to expel the poison of racism, discrimination and hate; extinguish the legacies of colonialism and promote equality, human rights and above all, justice.