Every year, Nelson Mandela’s birthday is celebrated as Nelson Mandela international Day. Legend Stevie Wonder (And UN Messenger of Peace) held the keynote at the official event and calls for a moment of silence for victims of gun violence and terrorism.

He went onto talk about how we should take Mandela’s lead and stand against racism amongst other things to build a better world.

The speech can be seen in full below.

How did you like Stevie’s words?