US EditionNelson Mandela International Day 2025: Date, History, Significance, Inspiring Quotes — All You Need to Know
GLOBAL, JUL 18 – The 2025 observance emphasizes combating poverty and inequity and includes awarding the Nelson Mandela Prize to two global human rights advocates, reinforcing Mandela's vision for justice and dignity.
- On July 18, 2025, the UNGA held an informal plenary at UN Headquarters, marking Mandela’s 107th birth anniversary, with a Governors Island volunteer drive, celebrating his legacy.
- Following a UNGA resolution on 10 November 2009, the resolution proclaimed Nelson Mandela International Day to honor his legacy as a human rights hero.
- The 2025 prize was awarded to Brenda Reynolds, 2025 Mandela Prize laureate, and Kennedy Odede, 2025 Mandela Prize laureate, highlighting their grassroots efforts and survivor support work.
- With emphasis on the 2025 Nelson Mandela International Day theme, the observance calls for prison reform, poverty alleviation, indigenous healing and grassroots empowerment.
- Every year on Mandela Day, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime leads the #PrisonersMatter campaign to promote dignified prisoner treatment, with support from the UN, to advance Mandela's legacy.
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Nelson Mandela International Day 2025: The power to end poverty is in our hands
In 2006, the United Nations declared July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day in recognition of his contribution to the struggle for democracy internationally and the promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world.
Celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day
The General Assembly’s Plenary meeting on Nelson Mandela International Day. Credit: Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine/IPS By Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin LevineUNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 2025 (IPS) The United Nations celebrated Nelson Mandela International Day in honor of the activist and politician’s lifelong commitment to peace and democracy. At the 16th celebration of Nelson Mandela International Day, delegates, representatives and visitors alike reflected on …
Nelson Mandela International Day 2025: Date, history, significance, inspiring quotes — all you need to know
Nelson Mandela International Day 2025: The day recognises Mandela’s values and his dedication to the service of humanity and acknowledges his contribution to the struggle for democracy internationally.
In 1918 the man was born who synthesized the sacrifice of all those who failed to see the triumph of humanity over reason. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ascended to the podium of history as the first democratically elected Black president after the end of Apartheid in South Africa. He was the man under whose mandate a multicoloured and free nation project was born that is still being built. The post Mandela, Ubuntu and Martí: with all, for all and f…
Nelson Mandela Day: Nigeria reaffirms commitment to prisoners’ rights - Worldstage
WorldStage Newsonline– The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to upholding the rights and dignity of all individuals in prison custody, in line with the Nigerian Constitution and international obligations. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known during a one-day dialogue focused on the 2024 Prison Audit jointly conducted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the National Human Rights Commission (N…
Antonio Guterres spoke, in New York, on the occasion of the International Day of Nelson Mandela, stressing that the historical South African leader "supported the brutal weight of oppression and emerged not with a vision of victory and division, but of reconciliation, peace and unity". "Today, the League of 'Madiba' [Nelson Mandela] is our responsibility. We must take forward the commitment to peace, justice and human dignity. One of the main le…
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