{"id":2492,"date":"2025-09-19T06:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T06:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2025-09-19T06:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T06:59:13","slug":"a-global-advocate-to-human-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/?p=2492","title":{"rendered":"A Global Advocate to Human Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2492\" class=\"elementor elementor-2492\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dfa3ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8dfa3ae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d7fca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"44d7fca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a1d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4a1d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr9.jpg 902w, https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr9-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr9-768x496.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-743c33b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"743c33b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fig 9: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam addressing the United Nations General Assembly, after receiving the United Nations Human Rights Prize in 1973 in New York City, USA.<\/strong><\/h6><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Source: GIS)<\/strong><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc5ed4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bc5ed4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2770e2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2770e2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam\u2019s defence of human dignity extended beyond Mauritius. On 10 December 1973, during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly, he received the UN Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of human rights, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Universal Declaration.<\/p><p>The award placed him in the company of global figures who had advanced liberty and justice. His belief in freedom was unwavering. In an interview with Le Mauricien in 1985, he declared: \u201cThe freedom of the individual is the most precious heritage I bequeath to my country.\u201d<\/p><p>This statement distilled his political philosophy: that democracy, equality, and human rights were the true foundations of national progress.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fig 9: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam addressing the United Nations General Assembly, after receiving the United Nations Human Rights Prize in 1973 in New York City, USA. (Source: GIS) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam\u2019s defence of human dignity extended beyond Mauritius. On 10 December 1973, during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly, he received the UN Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of human rights, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Universal Declaration. The award placed him in the company of global figures who had advanced liberty and justice. His belief in freedom was unwavering. 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