Nyerere Day Commemoration of the Father of the Nation
October 14
Have had the honour to hear him speak live, full of humour.
Also the XTC Sound System had the pleasure of having him as the honorable guest when opening the Vijana Hall in Mwanza way back in the 90’s.
Julius kambarage nyerere
Julius Kambarage Nyerere (13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the first President of Tanzania and previously Tanganyika, from the country’s founding in 1961 until his retirement in 1985.
Julius kambarage nyerere
Born in Tanganyika to Nyerere Burito (1860–1942), Chief of the Zanaki, Nyerere was known by the Swahili honorific Mwalimu or ‘teacher’, his profession prior to politics.
He was also referred to as Baba wa Taifa (Father of the Nation).
Julius kambarage nyerere
Nyerere received his higher education at Makerere University in Kampala and the University of Edinburgh.
After he returned to Tanganyika, he worked as a teacher. In 1954, he helped form the Tanganyika African National Union.
In 1961 on independence, Nyerere was elected Tanganyika’s first Prime Minister, and following the declaration of a republic in 1962, the country’s first president.
In 1964, Tanganyika became politically united with Zanzibar and was renamed Tanzania. In 1965, a one-party election returned Nyerere to power.
During the first years, Nyerere created a single-party system and used “preventive detention” to eliminate trade unions and opposition.
Julius kambarage nyerere
In 1967, influenced by the ideas of African socialism, Nyerere issued the Arusha Declaration, which outlined his vision of ujamaa (“unity”, “oneness” or “familyhood”), a concept that came to dominate his policies.
However, his policies led to economic decline, systematic corruption, and unavailability of goods.
In the early 1970s, Nyerere ordered his security forces to forcibly transfer much of the population to collective farms and, because of opposition from villagers, often burned villages down.
Nyerere Day Commemoration of the Father of the Nation
Julius kambarage nyerere
This campaign pushed the nation to the brink of starvation and made it dependent on foreign food aid.
In 1985, after more than two decades in power, he relinquished power to his hand-picked successor, Ali Hassan Mwinyi.
Nyerere left Tanzania as one of the poorest, least developed, and most foreign aid-dependent countries in the world, although much progress in services such as health and education had nevertheless been achieved.
As such, Julius Nyerere is still a controversial figure in Tanzania.
Julius kambarage nyerere
Nyerere Day Commemoration of the Father of the Nation
He remained the chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi for another five years until 1990. He died of leukemia in London in 1999.
Julius kambarage nyerere.
8 MAY 2014
SC/11385
Creating Medal Named after Captain Mbaye Diagne, Security Council Honours Senegalese Peacekeeper’s Heroic Actions during 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
Security Council
7170th Meeting (AM)
Resolution 2154 (2014) Recognizes Exceptional Courage in Face of Extreme Danger
Honouring those who “demonstrate exceptional courage in the face of extreme danger” today, the Security Council created a first-of-its-kind medal named after a Senegalese military officer who lost his life while serving with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) in 1994.
Unanimously adopting resolution 2154 (2014), the Council created the “Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage”, to be awarded to military, police and civilian United Nations or associated personnel. It noted with deep appreciation how Captain Diagne, unarmed and in the face of extreme danger, had saved hundreds, perhaps even a thousand, Rwandans from death during the 1994 genocide. Also by the text, the Council recognized with the deepest regret how, after his death, Captain Diagne’s family had never received any expressions of appreciation from United Nations Headquarters for the sacrifices made by their distinguished family member.
Eugène-Richard Gasana ( Rwanda) described Captain Diagne as a hero who had refused to be a bystander in the face of evil. He had acted as a peacekeeper, a solider and a human to save lives while armed only with courage and a sense of responsibility. He had conducted several missions through dozens of checkpoints to save up to 1,000 people during the genocide, and the medal was not only a recognition of his courage, but also a reminder of what a solider, a peacekeeper, should be — a women or man dedicated to preserving peace, saving lives and protecting the vulnerable. He expressed hope that the medal would encourage better promotion of the protection of civilians in the future and serve as a reminder of the historic acts of ordinary Rwandans, as well as other “blue helmets” who often paid the ultimate price to protect lives. He also voiced hope that the medal would result in soul-searching at the United Nations and help to ensure that the community of nations collectively preserved humanity, guided by moral rules and principles, rather than relying on the brave actions of individuals.
Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein (Jordan), addressing himself to Captain Diagne’s family, noted that for 20 years they had grieved the loss of a man who had once served the United Nations. It was shameful that no official from Headquarters had ever called the family following his death, he said, adding that he believed he spoke for everyone present in emphasizing how “profoundly sorry” he was for the manner in which the family had been treated. Captain Diagne was the finest example of what the human family could produce, and the Security Council not only honoured his memory, but in creating a medal in his name, would for the first time in United Nations history publicly recognize those who performed amazing feats in the face of extreme danger.
Abdou Salam Diallo ( Senegal) said that Mbaye Diagne was born in 1958 and had joined the Senegalese army in 1983, earning the rank of captain in 1991. His last assignment within the Armed Forces had been Unit Commander of the 6th Infantry Battalion. By pledging to save the lives of hundreds of people, in accordance with his beliefs, Captain Diagne had magnified the mottos of his formative National School of Active Officers — intelligence, honour and bravery — the cardinal virtues underpinning the Senegalese army.
The meeting started at 10:06 a.m. and ended at 10:25 a.m.
Resolution
The full text of resolution 2154 (2014) reads as follows:
“The Security Council,
“Recalling Article 24 of the United Nations Charter which confers upon the Security Council the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security,
“Recognizing the medals presented by the United Nations to those men and women in uniform who serve in United Nations field operations, and recalling its resolution 1121 (1997) establishing the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal, as a tribute to the sacrifice of those who have lost their own lives as a result of service in peacekeeping operations, under the operational control and authority of the United Nations,
“Recalling fundamental principles of the United Nations peacekeeping, as well as other relevant principles of the United Nations activities on the ground,
“Noting with deep appreciation how Captain Mbaye Diagne of UNAMIR and of Senegal, saved, unarmed and in the face of extreme danger, hundreds of, perhaps even a thousand, Rwandans from death, during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed,
“Recognizing with the deepest regret, how the family of Captain Diagne never received, after his death, any expressions of appreciation from the Headquarters of the United Nations for the sacrifices made by their distinguished family member,
“Remembering the many other acts of bravery that military, police and civilian United Nations personnel and associated personnel have undertaken, while fulfilling the mandate of their missions or their functions, at great risk to their lives,
“1. Decides to create “the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage” to be awarded to those military, police, civilian United Nations personnel and associated personnel who demonstrate exceptional courage, in the face of extreme danger, while fulfilling the mandate of their missions or their functions, in the service of humanity and the United Nations;
“2. Requests the Secretary-General to establish within six months after the adoption of this resolution, the design of the medal, and to submit in due course to the Security Council the modalities for determining how the recipients of the medal shall be nominated and chosen, based on the criteria set forth in the previous paragraph;
“3. Requests that the medal be presented by the Secretary-General to the recipient, or next of kin, in a ceremony to which all Member States of the United Nations shall be invited;
“4. Decides this medal will be ready for investiture within six months of the establishment of its modalities and the administrative management of the award will be provided by the Secretariat.”
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