Former UN Secretary-General and Chair of The Elders Kofi Annan, left,
and former US President Jimmy Carter, right, speak to The Associated
Press during an interview at a hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa
Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan say that the group of world leaders set up
by Nelson Mandela will continue its work. Carter and Annan spoke to The
Associated Press on Monday after just arriving in Johannesburg, ahead
of a major planned memorial for Mandela that will draw some 100 world
leaders and tens of thousands of mourners.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter and former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan say the
group of world leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela will continue
its work.
Carter and Annan spoke to The Associated Press on
Monday after arriving in Johannesburg, ahead of a major planned memorial
for Mandela that will draw some 100 world leaders and tens of thousands
of mourners.
They are part of The Elders, an independent group of world leaders and
human rights activists. Mandela became the group's honorary chairman
after its founding in 2007 but was never an active member. Annan said of
Mandela: "The way he lived his life and what he did also should convey
the message to each and every one of us that as individuals, we have
power."
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