Latest Updates on Mourning for Mandela The Lede continues to follow the global reaction to the death of Nelson Mandela, on a day of tributes to the man who led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority rule and then served as its first freely elected president. For an overview of the first reactions on Thursday, please see our previous post. Auto-Refresh: ONTurn ONRefresh NowFeedTwitter12:39 P.M. Praise From Nobel Committee and Malala Yousafzai It was almost exactly two decades ago that Nelson Mandela accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, proclaiming "Let a new age be born!" as thousands applauded inside a cavernous hall in Oslo, Norway. With those words, at the end of his speech, Mr. Mandela diverted attention away from himself and to where he wanted it to be: on the new era that was supposed to start the next April, when the first elections based on universal suffrage end the era of white minority rule. It was to be a time, Mr. Mandela said, when "all humanity will join together to celebrate one of the outstanding human victories of our century." John Darnton, who covered the speech for The New York Times on Dec. 10, 1993, highlighted those words and the note of unity in his report on the prize, which was awarded to Mr. Mandela and President F. W. de Klerk jointly. Mr. Mandela, the towering figure in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa and the country's first black president, died on Thursday at the age of 95. As tributes to his legacy continued to emerge on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee reflected on its gratitude to Mr. Mandela: Nelson Mandela is one of the greatest names in the long history of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was honored in 1993 together with his counterpart president F. W. de Klerk for their work for a peaceful end to the apartheid regime and for having laid the foundation for a new democratic South Africa. They both showed great personal integrity and political courage by choosing the road of negotiation and reconciliation. Most of the credit for this undoubtedly goes to Nelson Mandela who after 27 years in prison chose to focus on the possibilities of the future instead of the horrors of the past. As the president of the new South Africa, Mandela pointed the way towards human rights and democracy, appealing to generations all over the world. His work presents a message also today to all those who bear responsibility for apparently unresolvable conflicts: Even the most bitter of conflicts can be solved by peaceful means. It is with deep gratitude the Norwegian Nobel Committee pays tribute to Mandela's historic contribution to the realization of the high ideals in Alfred Nobel's will. In October, the South African news channel eNCA broadcast a program that highlighted the 20 years since the joint prize for Mr. Mandela and Mr. de Klerk was awarded, showing scenes from their acceptance ceremony and the April elections that it said continued to inspire future activists for change. It reflected on how Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl and education advocate who was shot in the head by the Taliban and was nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, was "like Mandela and de Klerk" in that she "hopes to leave an indelible mark on the world." The South African channel eNCA boradcast this brief program highlighting the influence of Mandela and de Klerk's prize on others. On Friday, Ms. Yousafzai said in a statement published on the Nelson Mandela Foundation website: Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere. His long, long struggle is a great demonstration of humanity. I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world. Christine Hauser 12:30 P.M. Video of Mandela's 1990 Town Hall Meeting in New York On our City Room blog, James Barron reports on Nelson Mandela's visit to New York in June, 1990, less than five months after his release from 27 years in prison in South Africa. As former Mayor David Dinkins, who had been in office for six months when Mr. Mandela arrived, recalls, Mr. Mandela sat down with Ted Koppel for a long, live interview during his visit. "He was the same always, whether playing with my grandchildren or being interviewed by Ted Koppel on "Nightline." The way I remember it, Ted Koppel said, "Well, now, the Communists...." Mandela said, "They were the only ones who helped us. Next question."" Bloggers have drawn attention to video of that interview, preserved on YouTube in two parts, in part because of one exchange, in which Mr. Mandela rebuked Mr. Koppel for asking him why he would not retract his praise for Yasser Arafat and Fidel Castro. 11:39 A.M. Syria's President Calls Mandela "an Inspiration" Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has joined the chorus praising Nelson Mandela, calling the late South African leader, "an inspiration in the values of love and human brotherhood." As Reuters reports, the statement posted on Facebook by the Syrian presidency also says: "His history of struggle has become an inspiration to all the vulnerable peoples of the world, in the expectation that oppressors and aggressors will learn the lesson that in the end it is they who are the losers." 11:10 A.M. Amid Hymns of Praise, Some Discordant Notes Are Struck As political leaders around the world move to praise Nelson Mandela, some discordant notes have been struck. As the British-Egyptian journalist Sarah Carr notes, a comment about the color of Mr. Mandela's skin from Lebanon's former prime minister, Saad Hariri, while clearly intended to be positive, seemed unfortunate in a country where the racist abuse of migrants is still common. In his statement, Mr. Hariri said: With the passing away of Nelson Mandela, we lose an exceptional man in the life of Africa and the world. His outstanding personality, which became a symbol of struggle for justice, freedom, and peace and fight against racial discrimination, has marked human history. The true legacy of Mandela is that of a man who continued, after 27 years in prison, to defend justice in the face of revenge and reconciliation in the face of violence. He proved that a society with all these racial and religious differences and this violent heritage can become a successful pluralistic democracy. Mandela became almost one hundred years old, and remained till the last minute a rare piece of brown gold that scintillates over humanity and that presents live examples of the values of forgiveness, reconciliation, the recognition of the other, and inflicting moral and ethical punishment to all the concepts that make the human being a fierce beast struggling for survival with the spirit of domination and revenge. 10:40 A.M. Reaction From The Dalai Lama Speaking in New Delhi on Friday, the Dalai Lama said that he admired Nelson Mandela as "a good follower of Mahatma Gandhi." Speaking to reporters, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people also said that while "this is a very sad moment" those who admired Mr. Mandela, "including myself, now we must develop a determination or enthusiasm to carry his spirit." 10:22 A.M. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Pays Tribute to Mandela Leaders from countries across the world paid tribute to Nelson Mandela on Friday. Speaking at the Women's Forum, which is being held for the first time in her country, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said, "I would like to express my extreme grief at the passing away of a man who stood for human rights and for equality in this world." "He made us all understand that nobody should be penalized for the color of his skin, for the circumstance into which he is born," Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi said. He also made us understand that we can change the world - we can change the world by changing attitudes, by changing perceptions. For this reason, I would like to pay him tribute as a great human being who raised the standard of humanity. 9:59 A.M. Crowds Remain Outside Mandela Home Video from South Africa shows that the joyous singing and dancing outside the Johannesburg home of Nelson Mandela, which began late Thursday, continued into Friday.