Speech by Mr. FANIE DU TOIT: This is a moment of deep gratitude and joy: gratitude towards UNESCO for this exceptional recognition, but also joy to be able to receive this Prize on behalf of the Board and staff of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, and indeed so many other South Africans who, over the past eight years, have helped the Institute to pursue its mission – a mission that forms part of the agenda of a vast array of civil society organizations in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent who continue to work, quietly and consistently in good times and bad, to undo the splintering of African societies after colonialism, apartheid, oppression and war.