Only the leaders of the region’s extremist movements have cause for optimism about the future
After 20 years, in which more than 2,400 troops lost their lives, the US is withdrawing from Afghanistan | Nelvin C. Cepeda/U-T San Diego/ZUMA Wire/Alamy
18/07/2021
The Communist Party of China’s 100th Birthday
The Communist Party of China has always surmounted difficulties with fortitude | Image from Wall Street International.
17 July 2021 (Wall Street International)* — The contrasts are apparent between the two poles of power in the world.
In Beijing, there were huge celebrations, with fanfare and fireworks, marking 100 years of the founding of what is today the world’s largest political party (95 million members), holding power for the longest duration (72 years), in the most populous country of the world (1.4 billion).
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18/07/2021
‘Don’t Look Away from Spectacles of Public Violence and Lawlessness’
July 2021 — In this moment of great challenge and terrible danger for South Africa, it is imperative for everyone who calls this country home to be part of finding solutions and making a future that is liveable for all.
Members of the public paying their respects outside Mandela’s Houghton home | Robert Dennison | CC BY 2.0
The temptation at times like this is to become paralysed, or to look away, or to give up. Our call is to honour Madiba in this month of Mandela Day by stepping up.
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18/07/2021
Call for ‘Dignity, Equality, Justice and Human Rights’ Rings Out on Mandela Day
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Nelson Mandela International Day is an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of “a legendary global advocate for dignity, equality, justice and human rights”, the UN chief said on 18 July 2021.
18/07/2021
“It Is Easy to Break Down and Destroy. The Heroes Are Those Who Make Peace and Build” – Nelson Mandela
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UN Secretary-General’s Message for 2021
Video message by António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, on the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day 2021.
“Nelson Mandela International Day is an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of a legendary global advocate for dignity, equality, justice and human rights.
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18/07/2021
Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace (2019 – 2028)
Human Wrongs Watch
Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July 2021
Our common humanity demands that we make the impossible possible. – World Leaders at Nelson Mandel Peace Summit
© UN Photo/Milton Grant
18 JULY 2021 (United Nations)* — On 24 September 2018, world leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit.
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