JOHANNESBURG: Mia MottleyBarbados’ first female Prime Minister, who was recently awarded by the United Nations for her work in raising awareness about climate change, will bring prestige Nelson Mandela This year’s lecture, Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) said.
Nelson Mandela The annual lecture is a platform to foster debate on important social issues.
It encourages the public, both nationally and internationally, to engage in a dialogue, often about social issues facing societies globally.
In 2021, Motley was awarded the title of Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program for her work in raising awareness of the crisis that climate change is causing in the developing world.
“Mrs Mia Mottley was recently named Champion of the Earth by United Nations Environment Program Sello Hatang, CEO of NMF said on Friday.
Motley, 56, follows in the footsteps of former ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and former President of the United States Barack Obamawho have given prestigious lectures in the past.
“The theme of the 20th Lecture will explore issues of climate change and food insecurity, underpinned by our practice of social cohesion,” the NMF said in a statement.
The 20th edition of this annual event will be held in the coastal city of Durban in November. The exact date and location for the presentation will be announced later.
This year’s event is meant to show solidarity with the people of KwaZulu-Natal and neighboring Eastern Cape provinces, who have endured a year of brutal riots, intercommunal violence and flooding that left thousands homeless. door, the NMF said.
The speech is held annually in memory of Nelson Mandela, the first internationally democratically elected president after decades of white minority rule during the apartheid era.
Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner before leading the country to freedom.
Nelson Mandela The annual lecture is a platform to foster debate on important social issues.
It encourages the public, both nationally and internationally, to engage in a dialogue, often about social issues facing societies globally.
In 2021, Motley was awarded the title of Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program for her work in raising awareness of the crisis that climate change is causing in the developing world.
“Mrs Mia Mottley was recently named Champion of the Earth by United Nations Environment Program Sello Hatang, CEO of NMF said on Friday.
Motley, 56, follows in the footsteps of former ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and former President of the United States Barack Obamawho have given prestigious lectures in the past.
“The theme of the 20th Lecture will explore issues of climate change and food insecurity, underpinned by our practice of social cohesion,” the NMF said in a statement.
The 20th edition of this annual event will be held in the coastal city of Durban in November. The exact date and location for the presentation will be announced later.
This year’s event is meant to show solidarity with the people of KwaZulu-Natal and neighboring Eastern Cape provinces, who have endured a year of brutal riots, intercommunal violence and flooding that left thousands homeless. door, the NMF said.
The speech is held annually in memory of Nelson Mandela, the first internationally democratically elected president after decades of white minority rule during the apartheid era.
Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner before leading the country to freedom.
