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" Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Nelson Mandela addresses the General Assembly in 1994 as the first democratically elected President of South Africa. UN Photo/Evan Schneider The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.