United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Former U.S. President Bill Clinton were among those on hand to laud Madiba, before the start of an informal meeting of the plenary of the General Assembly in New York City.
Mandela remains in a hospital in Pretoria but his doctors have confirmed that his health is steadily improving. In an interview with Britain’s Sky News, one of Mandela’s daughters, Zindzi Mandela-Motlhajwa, said on Wednesday that Mr. Mandela was watching television and using headphones to hear the sound.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, (L), Rev. Jesse Jackson, (C) and Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, (R), on the commemoration of the Nelson Mandela International Day, at U.N. Headquarters, on Thursday July 18, 2013, in New York City.
Andrew Mlangeni addressing the UN on Thursday July 18, 2013, in New York City.
(Photos: Hayden Roger Celestin)