Sehemu ya wageni waalikiwa wakifuatilia
tukio hilo
Balozi wa Liberia Marjon Kamara akisoma ratiba ya tukio
Mwakilishi wa Kundi la nchi 77 na China ( G77& China) Naibu Balozi Luke Daunivalu akitoa salamu za kundi hilo
Mwenyekiti wa Jumuiya ya Watanzania New York Bw. Hajji Khamisi alitumbuiza kwa shairi nzuri la kumuenzi Baba wa Taifa
Wageni waalikwa wakiwa wamemzunguka Professa Mazrui kumsalimia na kununua kitabu
Professa Mazrui na Professa Lindah wakisaini vitabu vya wateja wao
Mwanamke kanga ati! Na haswa ukijua kuifunga. Mgeni wetu huyu alikuja kutupa tafu anasema ana mapenzi makubwa na Tanzania
Sehemu ya Watanzania katika hafla hiyo
Mkuu wa Idhaa ya Kiswahili ya Redio ya Umoja wa Mataifa Flora Nducha akiwa na kitabu cha Mwalimu akipozi na wadau
wageni waalikwa
wakipata chochote kitu
Professa Mazrui
alipofika Ubalozi kupata angalau maji ya machungwa baada ya
kukamilika kwa hafla ya kumuenzi Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu Nyerere pamoja na
Uzinduzi wa Kitabu, kutoka kushoto ni Upendo
Manongi, Professa Lindah Mhando, Professa Mazuri na Fatma Mwinyi
waliosimama ni Bw. Mhando, Balozi Manongi na Balozi Mwinyi
Balozi wa Cameroon Michel Tommo Monthe
Naibu Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa, Jan Elliasson
ambaye alikuwa mgeni rasmi akizungumza wakati wa hafla hiyo ya Mwalimu Nyerere
Day pembeni yake ni Muwakilishi wa Kudumu wa Tanzania katika Umoja wa Mataifa,
Balozi Tuvako Manongi
Balozi wa Umoja wa Afrika katika Umoja wa Mataifa, Balozi Tete
Antonio naye akisema machache kuhusu Mwalimu Nyerere
Balozi wa Nigeria na mjumbe toka Uholanzi wakifuatilia kwa makini tukio hilo
Balozi wa Ethiopia
naye alikuwapo
Wageni wengine waliokuwapo kwenye tukio hilo
Sehemu ya wageni waliofurika ukumbini hapo
Balozi Tuvako Manongi akiashiria uzinduzi wa kitabu kuhusu Mwalimu
Nyerere
Professa Ali Mazrui akionyesha kitabu kuhusu Mwalimu Nyerere
ambacho yeye na Profesa Lindah Mhando wamekiandika
Profesa Lindah Mhando akisema machache kuhusu Mwalimu Nyerere na kitabu alichoandika yeye na Profesa Mazrui
Wadau wakiwakilisha wadau
Bango la shughuli
Balozi wa China Liu Jieng katika mazungumzo yake alimuelezea
Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere kama kiongozi aliyekuwa kiungo
muhimu cha ushirikiano na urafiki kati ya Tanzania na China na watu wake.
Urafiki ambao bado unaendelea hadi leo akaelezea pia ujenzi wa Reli kati
ya Tanzania na Zambia iliyojengwa na serikali ya China
kuwa ni moja ya kielelezo muhimu cha ushirikiano huo
Balozi wa Kenya, Macharia Kamau akizungumzwa kwa kiswahili yeye
alieleza kwamba kama vitabu vinavyomuhusu Baba wa Taifa vingeandikwa kwa
wingi na Waafrika wenyewe, hapa shaka Baba wa Taifa angekuwa na
utajiri wa majumba mengi nchini Marekani
Balozi wa India Asoke Kumar Mukerji akielezea
machache kuhusu uhusiano wa Mwalimu Nyerere na viongozi wa India na namna
alivyokuwa muhimili katika kukuza ushirikiano wa Tanzania na India
Balozi wa Afrika ya Kusini naye akielezea pamoja na mambo mengine
namna ambavyo Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere alivyojitolea yeye
binafsi na watanzania katika vita vya kuwaondoa makaburu
Balozi wa Jamaica Courtenay Rattary naye hakuwa
nyuma kuelezea namna alivyojifunza mengi kwa kupitia maandiko ya Baba wa
Taifa na falsafa zake
Deputy
Secretary-General's remarks
New
York, 14 October 2013 - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at
Event Commemorating Mwalimu Nyerere Day hosted by the Permanent Mission of the
United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations
I thank Ambassador Manongi for
organizing this event. I am honoured to join you on behalf of the
Secretary-General in paying tribute to the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, a great
statesman and one of the founding fathers of modern Africa.
His high ideals, moral integrity and
personal courage continue
to inspire people around the world – including me.
I had the honour of serving former
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who developed deep friendship and admiration
for President Nyerere through their various contacts.
They shared many common values. Both
President Nyerere and Prime Minister Palme co-signed a message to the US and
Soviet leaders in 1986 calling on them to halt the nuclear arms race.
President Nyerere offered inspiring
lessons in diplomacy which inspired my own work as a mediator. When I
served as the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Darfur, my partner, the
African Union Special Envoy, Dr. Salim Ahmad Salim, would often cite late
President Nyerere. I remember him once stressing that Nyerere used to say
“in a democracy, you can and should have a multi-party system but you cannot
have a multi-army system”.
I am also fortunate to have
succeeded as DSG a great daughter of Tanzania, Asha-Rose Migiro. She would
often encourage students to contribute to the nation as President Nyerere had
hoped for them to do. And of course like him, she has been a teacher.
Mwalimu had great vision,
exceptional intellect, warmth and wit. He was a man of ideas, a creative
thinker and was always engaged and fearless in the struggle for justice and
freedom.
President Nyerere was a champion for
Africa taking control of its own destiny, free of dependence.
In his 1973 publication on Freedom
and Development, Mwalimu Nyerere noted that people have to be truly involved
for real development to take place. He lived up to high standards in his
own leadership. He believed that political success clearly was not measured by
accumulated wealth – but by selfless service to the people in the public
interest.
Leaders around the world today
should heed this wise approach.
Mwalimu Nyerere fought for unity,
solidarity and the sovereign equality of nations. He acted on the belief that
all human beings deserve freedom, justice, respect and dignity.
These are the same values that the
United Nations is to uphold and defend. Let us remember that “We the
Peoples” are the first three words of the Charter.
In preparing for today’s event, I
reviewed some documents in the UN archive. I realized that Julius Nyerere
himself signed the application
of his country – then Tanganyika – to join the United Nations.
When he came to the United Nations
for our 25th anniversary in 1975, he made a powerful statement. President
Nyerere said he did not want to congratulate the Organization – and he
explained why.
“It would be a little odd for me, as
the representative of Tanzania, to offer congratulations to the United
Nations,” he said, “for the United Nations is not an abstract thing, nor is it
governed and run by creatures from outer space. The United Nations is us – its
Members. It does not exist apart from us; it can do only what we, its Members,
are prepared to do, acting together.”
This is a wise and strong call to
common action that rings equally true today.
On this Mwalimu Nyerere Day, I
pledge my firm resolve to forge an ever closer partnership between the United
Nations, Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania – and realize to the proud
vision of its founding President.
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