{"id":132381,"date":"2024-07-16T07:35:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T04:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/un-remembers-nelson-mandelas-commitment-to-fight-poverty-and-inequity\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T07:35:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T04:35:23","slug":"un-remembers-nelson-mandelas-commitment-to-fight-poverty-and-inequity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/un-remembers-nelson-mandelas-commitment-to-fight-poverty-and-inequity\/","title":{"rendered":"UN remembers Nelson Mandela\u2019s commitment to fight poverty and inequity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132381\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nNelson Mandela International Day recognizes his struggle for democracy and a culture of peace throughout the world.<br \/>\nUnsplash\/John-Paul Henry Nelson Mandela International Day recognizes his struggle for democracy and a culture of peace throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>The UN paid tribute on Monday to the life and legacy of the first democratically elected President of South Africa, the late Nelson Mandela, whose long walk to freedom during the racist apartheid era inspired people across the planet. The celebration to mark Nelson Mandela International Day, observed annually on his birthday, 18 July, provides an opportunity for everyone to make a positive contribution by volunteering for 67 minutes &#8211; in honour of each year he fought for justice. The theme this year is: It\u2019s still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity. Mr. Mandela spent nearly three decades in prison for standing up to human rights abuses and severe injustices against black South Africans. He died in December 2013.<\/p>\n<p>UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis said his visionary leadership not only brought an end to apartheid but continues to resonate and inspire even to the present day.\u201cHis enduring legacy left an indelible mark upon the world \u2013 and is a testament to the profound positive impact of humanity\u2019s good deeds, when we opt to be our best of being,\u201d said Mr. Francis, speaking in the Trusteeship Council at UN Headquarters in New York. \u201cThis is what we precisely need \u2013 more than ever before \u2013 to confront division, hate and prevent the avoidable strife we see in places like the Gaza Strip, Ukraine, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his message to mark the Day, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres noted that the world is unequal and divided, and hunger and poverty are rife.The richest one per cent of the global population \u201cis responsible for the same quantity of planet-wrecking greenhouse gases as two-thirds of humanity,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are not natural facts. They are the result of humanity\u2019s choices. And we can decide to do things differently.\u201d His message was read by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, who built on Mr. Guterres\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled that Mr. Mandela wrote in his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, that poverty is not an accident like slavery and apartheid. Instead, it is man-made, meaning that humans can eradicate it. She said action so far has not been enough, as the latest UN Sustainable Development Goals report reveals that an additional 23 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2022, and over 100 million are suffering from hunger than just five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Mohammed stressed that the news is not all bad as progress has been made in boosting renewable energy, getting more people online, and in the number of girls completing school. \u201cYet overall, we know that we&#8217;re failing to deliver on the promise and the hope of the Sustainable Development Goals. We can blame the lingering impacts of COVID 19, escalating conflicts, geopolitical tensions and growing climate chaos, but if we look deeper, it is our choices that have led us here,\u201d she said, calling for recommitment to achieving the SDGs.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/07\/1152116\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/07\/1152116\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/un-remembers-nelson-mandelas-commitment-to-fight-poverty-and-inequity\/\">UN remembers Nelson Mandela\u2019s commitment to fight poverty and inequity<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,4296,402],"class_list":["post-132381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-nelson-mandela","tag-un"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}