UN to remember Mandela with a Prize

                 United Nations (UN) has on Wednesday said that it is accepting nominations for the 2015 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize.
                 The organisation noted the Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize was organised as a tribute to the late South African leader.
                “Our best tribute to Nelson Mandela is not found in words or ceremonies but in actions that take up the torch he passed to us.”                 
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his remarks to the General Assembly in June 2014, following the adoption by consensus of the resolution establishing the prize.
By the terms of the resolution, the assembly asked the Secretary-General, in consultation with the President of the assembly to establish within six months of adoption of the text, the criteria and procedures for bestowing the prize.
UN has however, said that the list of laureates is expected to be announced later in June this year with the first prizes awarded at UN Headquarters in New York during the commemoration of Nelson Mandela International Day on July 18.
The 193-member General Assembly has a proud record of acting against apartheid and for Nelson Mandela.