United Nations calls for nominations for Nelson Mandela prize.

ISLAMABAD -- The United Nations is calling for nominations for the 2020 United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize.

Nominations for the 2020 prize will be accepted until 28 February 2020. The Prize was established in June 2014 by the United Nations General Assembly to recognize the achievements of those who dedicate their lives to the service of humanity by promoting the purposes and principles of the United Nations while honouring and paying homage to Nelson Mandela's extraordinary life and legacy of reconciliation, political transition and social transformation, said a press release.

First awarded in 2015, the Prize recognized two outstanding individuals; Dr. Helena Ndume of Namibia, an ophthalmologist whose life's work has been the treatment of blindness and eye-related illnesses, both in Namibia and throughout the developing world and former President of Portugal, Jorge Fernando Branco Sampaio, a leader in the struggle for the restoration of democracy in his country.

The Award is presented...