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Guterres, Espinosa laud Nelson Mandela’s legacy

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United Nation (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres and President of the General Assembly Maria Espinosa have praised Nelson Mandela as they accepted the gift of a bronze statue of the statesman from South Africa.

President Cyril  Ramaphosa unveiled the statue inside the UN Building in New York on Monday. He has called South Africa’s first democratically-elected President a symbol to the world.

“Nelson Mandela, the father of our democracy, is indeed a symbol of our unity, but he’s also a symbol of our diversity as a nation. His legacy of nation building is the glue that continues to hold our nation together in an amazing,” says Ramaphosa.

“Nelson Mandela’s life, his sacrifices, his extraordinary contribution to freedom and indeed to humanity continues to inspire successive generations of South Africans and I believe millions of people around the world as well.”

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