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Newly-elected President Nelson Mandela addressing the crowd from the balcony of the City Hall in Cape Town, South Africa on May 9, 1994. The following day he was inaugurated as South Africa's first democratically elected president at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. (UN Photo# 186835 by C. Sattleberger). From the UN image archive, used with permission.
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