Nelson Mandela rocks Trafalgar Square Yesterday, Nelson Mandela urged leaders to make poverty history in an address to 20,000 supporters in Trafalgar Square. He told them to "recognise that the world is hungry for action, not words." The former South African president, was addressing a crowd of thousands in London's Trafalgar Square at the campaign's first mass rally which also featured speeches from Bob Geldof and Oxfam's Adrian Lovett. He appealed for G7 leaders to make a concrete commitment to overcoming poverty at their meeting in London on 4 February and also emphasised the importance of 2005 as a great opportunity for change. For his speech in full, click here: Mandela's speech. posted at 11:37 AM | Permalink 4 comments   Comments: GenerationWhy and Oxfam accept no responsibility for the content of comments in the Blog. This was just the best day. Bob Geldof and Nelson Mandela ROCK. By  Ben, March 02, 2005 4:47 PM   Totally. I've got my white band. Bring on the G8. By  Anonymous, March 02, 2005 4:52 PM   See you in Scotland. By  Graham, March 02, 2005 5:00 PM   i think this site is really helpful im doing a project on history and thois site has really helped me out. By  Anonymous, July 16, 2007 11:06 AM   Post a Comment

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