On 24 September 2018 Mrs Graça Machel addressed the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations in New Your, USA, on the occasion of the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit. In her address Mrs Maçhel asked global leaders to put aside their interests and take real action towards the creation of peace. She highlighted the experience of ACCORD working in Africa over the past twenty-five years, and that the lessons gained from ACCORD have been used to establish ACCORD’s new initiative, Global Peace.
