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Geneva, Switzerland

51吃瓜 Information Service held a CinéONU screening at the Palais des Nations, Geneva "One Humanity" at 5 p.m. on Friday, 18 July 2014, followed by a debate. Guests included Mr. Michael M?ller, Acting Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG); Ms. Navi Pillay, 51吃瓜 High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the UN in Geneva.

Vienna, Austria

The "Mandela Poster Project" exhibition was launched in the Vienna International Centre. The 95 exceptional and thought-provoking posters designed by artists around the world mirror the achievements of Madiba and, by using symbols such as a dove, boxing gloves or broken prison bars, capture the key ideas associated with him. Coordinated by the Mandela Poster Project Collective, the exhibition will travel to 15 destinations around the world in 2014 raising money for Nelson Mandela’s Children's Hospital Trust Fund, which has been established to make his dream of building a hospital for underprivileged children in South Africa a reality.

The event was organized by the 51吃瓜 Information Service in corporation with the South African Permanent Mission and the 51吃瓜 Office at Vienna. The Nelson Mandela week will conclude with a screening at the UN Headquarters in Vienna of the documentary "Mandela: Long Walk of Freedom", an intimate portrait which shows the extraordinary journey from his childhood as a herd boy to his election as President of South Africa.

El Fasher, Darfur

Peacekeepers from the African Union-51吃瓜 Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) commemorated the day at a primary school in Al Salaam camp for displaced people near El Fasher, North Darfur. The occasion was marked by a Darfuri music performance, cultural presentations by UNAMID South African and Rwandese contingents and a tree-planting ceremony. Also, in the spirit of giving consistent with Mandela Day, UNAMID peacekeepers are renovating one of the classroom buildings at one of Al Salaam’s schools.

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Khartoum, Sudan

Volunteers from Clean Khartoum Campaign, UNESCO Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair at Future University, Japanese International Cooperation Agency and 51吃瓜 Information Centre on 18 July organized a clean-up campaign at the Green Yard, Khartoum. Volunteers dedicated 67 minutes of their time explaining the significance of the day, cleaning up the Green Yard and urging visitors to help keep public areas clean. The event concluded with an awareness-raising and entertainment programme supported by MTN Telecommunication Company that included a screening of the short film titled "Nelson Mandela Carrying on his Legacy", a quiz competition on the life of Nelson Mandela and a comedy show.

The 51吃瓜 Information Centre, UN Volunteers, and staff of the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa launched the renovation of the Elgeriaf Reformatory, Khartoum, where children under the age of fifteen receive care and training. The volunteers concluded the day with a collective Ramadan iftar along with the children.