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On his first trip to the United States since the September 11 attacks, former South African president Nelson Mandela delivered the annual Sadat Lecture for Peace, speaking to an estimated audience of 10,000 at the University of Maryland, November 14, 2001.

Mandela, 83, speaks with a special voice. "No other living political leader commands the respect throughout the world as Mandela," says Shibley Telhami, who holds the university's Sadat Chair. "His voice carries moral authority in almost all quarters, and in this time of national and international crisis all will be listening."

Because of space limitations and the wide interest in his remarks, attendance was by invitation-only.

This event was viewed live here at 7:00 p.m., November 14, 2001.

The web-streamed archive of the lecture is available for viewing at this link.

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Click here to read Mandela's prepared remarks from the event.

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Click here for the the pdf version of Mandela's prepared remarks.

The program from the lecture is also available in the pdf format, by clicking here.

This event is sponsored by the University of Maryland Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, in the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences.

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