Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder sounds a note against apartheid

adminMay 8, 2024September 20, 202403 mins

UN Photo/Allan Tannenbaum A segregated beach at Stranofontein near Cape Town, South Africa, in 1985. (file) The music legend held a press conference following an epic performance at a meeting of the UN Special Committee against Apartheid to honour him on his 35th birthday. “All people are created equal, not created to take care of another race of…

Stories from the UN Archive: Stevie Wonder’s boost for World Braille Day

adminJanuary 4, 2024September 18, 202403 mins

“Yet, out of millions of publications each year, fewer than five per cent are made available in accessible formats for visually impaired persons in developing countries,” he added. The global superstar, who lost his sight shortly after birth, was designated as a Messenger of Peace in 2009 with a focus on persons with disabilities. He…