The Fifth Annual Lecture 2007
The 2007 Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture was delivered by Mr Kofi Annan on Sunday July 22 at the University of Witwatersrand’s Education Campus in the Linder Auditorium. It was attended by a wide-ranging audience of about 1 500 invited guests.
The lecture was broadcast on South African television and radio. A webcast of the lecture is also available via Telenor, Tiscali UK, Tiscali Italy and Comcast. Over 4000 viewers watched the webcast between July and September 2007.
Now in its fifth year, the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture has developed into a prestigious public lecture, attracting some of the best intellectual voices in the world, and adding to the larger public dialogue on critical social issues.
Previous speakers at the Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture are: President Bill Clinton (2003), Archbishop Desmond Tutu (2004), Professor Wangari Mathai (2005) and President Thabo Mbeki (2006).
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Kofi Annan focuses on developing Africa in annual lecture
Mr Kofi Annan focused on the progress of Africa in the 5th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg this afternoon, saying it needed to be balanced on three pillars: security, development and human rights. See webcast courtesy of Tiscali.
The Fifth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture Address
It is truly a privilege for me to deliver this year’s Mandela Lecture. Before I begin, I want to clarify something. I am delivering a lecture in honour of Nelson Mandela. I am in no way delivering a lecture to Nelson Mandela.
Warm reception for Kofi Annan’s critical look at Africa
After Mr Kofi Annan’s speech, members of the invited audience streamed outside Wits University’s Linder Auditorium, most seemingly impressed with his views on African development.
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- The Fifth Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture (2007)
The 2007 Annual Lecture delivered by Mr Kofi Annan
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The Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, 2003-2006
This booklet consolidates the four Nelson Mandela Annual Lectures delivered to date and demonstrates the diverse views of the four eminent people who delivered these lectures.
