UN Celebrates Nelson Mandela Day, Tends to Newly Planted Trees

The United Nations is partnering with MillionTreesNYC to care for dozens of newly planted trees near the UN Headquarters and in the community of East Harlem, New York City.
A group photo of participants at today's ceremony. First row, from left: Yoo Soon-taek, wife of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Anilla Cherian, environmental advisor and wife of John W. Ashe, President of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly; and Kweku Mandela, UNAIDS Global Spokesperson and Nelson Mandela's grandson. Second row, from left: John W. Ashe; Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo, Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa to the UN; Baleka Mbete, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa; Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Civil Rights and Anti-Apartheid Activist; Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.