A/RES/68/275
United Nations
Distr.: General
10 June 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 118
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 June 2014
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/68/L.48)]
68/275. United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 64/13 of 10 November 2009, by which it designated
18 July as Nelson Mandela International Day, which has been observed by the
United Nations every year since 2010,
Commending the President of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly
for his initiative in establishing the United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize,
Bearing in mind Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s leading role in and support for
Africa’s struggle for liberation and Africa’s unity, his outstanding contribution to the
creation of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic South Africa and his contribution to
the struggle for democracy internationally and the promotion of a culture of peace
throughout the world,
Bearing in mind also Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s values and his dedication to
the service of humanity, as a humanitarian, in the fields of conflict resolution, race
relations, promotion and protection of human rights, reconciliation, gender equality
and the rights of children and other vulnerable groups, as well as the uplifting of
poor and underdeveloped communities,
Wishing to further honour and pay homage to the extraordinary life and legacy
of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela,
1.
Decides to establish the United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize,
which will be honorary in nature, as a tribute to the outstanding achievements and
contributions of individuals to the purposes and principles of the United Nations;
2.
Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the President of the
General Assembly, to establish within six months of the adoption of the present
resolution the criteria and procedures for bestowing the Prize, to be adopted by the
Assembly not later than 30 November 2014.
91st plenary meeting
6 June 2014
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