Sculpture: Nelson Mandela statue unveiled in Parliament Square: speeches

Sculpture: Nelson Mandela statue unveiled in Parliament Square: speeches; Brown speech SOT - And let us salute today friends not just the greatness of Nelson Mandela but the goodness of the man too, of a life where as the poet said, "he rose above the greatest without arrogance and he stooped to help the weakest without condescension", always respectful of everyone, subservient to no one, and such is his humanity that Mandela - having climbed one mountain, and triumphed over the evil of apartheid - is at the age of 89 climbing another, fighting the evil of global poverty - And let us welcome today with him - and thank for her leadership - his courageous and inspirational wife Graca Machel / Both these great leaders telling us that by our common endeavours we can abolish poverty and illiteracy and become the first generation in history to ensure every child in the world has the right to education, that by our shared resolution we can be the first generation to eradicate the deadliest diseases of malaria, diphtheria, polio, TB and then together attack the scourge of HIV aids - And that if what seemed the impassable pinnacle of ending apartheid can be scaled in the last century, then in this century, inspired by Nelson Mandela, we can make poverty history and "make this world anew" and so now I invite Ken, Wendy and Richard to unveil this statue with me across from Winston Churchill, who led us in the defeat of fascism, and near to Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator will stand Nelson Mandela, the liberator of people / May Nelson Mandela's story and his statue, summon us and future generations to stand with him and seek a world worthy of what is best in our common humanity / President Mandela, you will be here with us always CUTAWAYS to Mandela and his wife Graca