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Mandela To Be Honoured



The Nation (July 3rd, 1997)

Mandela to be honoured 



SOUTH African President Nelson Mandela will visit Thailand from July 16 
to 17 as a guest of the government after missing the Kingdom on his tour 
of Asean countries in March, a diplomatic source said. 

During Mandela's two-day visit, Chulalongkorn University will confer an 
honorary degree upon the man who spent 29 years as a political prisoner 
before becoming the leader of a country ravaged by the legacy of 
apartheid, the source said 



"THERE WILL BE NO REAL DEMOCRACY IF WE CAN'T GURANTEE THE RIGHTS OF THE 
MINORITY ETHNIC PEOPLE.  ONLY UNDERSTANDING THEIR SUFFERING AND HELPING 
THEM TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS WILL ASSIST PREVENTING FROM THE 
DISINTEGRATION AND THE SESESSION."  "WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THEIR 
STRENGTH, WE CAN'T TOPPLE THE SLORC AND BURMA WILL NEVER BE IN PEACE."


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