The first important action of the MagkaSama Project was when Max Dana launched the “60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary” Initiative to support the Every Human Has Rights Campaign (The Elders / CIVICUS) on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008.
Mary Robinson, Member of The Elders, was among the signers of the initiative, and we are now pleased to learn that today, Kofi Annan has been appointed to take over from Archbishop Desmond Tutu as Chair of The Elders.
Kofi Annan said:
“I am honoured and privileged to have been chosen by my fellow Elders to succeed Desmond Tutu as Chair of such a distinguished set of individuals. I am also very grateful that Gro Harlem Brundtland – with whom I’ve worked closely at the UN – has accepted to join me as Deputy Chair.
“Together, our group of Elders possesses a considerable amount of international experience, but to apply this collective knowledge in the most effective way remains daunting. As Desmond Tutu himself often says, we are still ‘learning to Elder’.
“I trust that this young Foundation will continue to grow in its ability to inspire compassion, ethical leadership and a belief in undying hope which Desmond Tutu, throughout his life and as our Chair, has always championed.”
