convex function - global minimum

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Suppose that $f(x):R^p \rightarrow R$ is a convex function with global minimum, say 0.

Let $C=(x: f(x)=0)$, i.e. the set of the global minimum. Suppose that there exist at least one point $y$ such that $f(y) = 0$,

It is easy to see that $C$ is convex subset.

Let $a_{\lambda}$ such that $f(a_{\lambda})$ approach 0 as $\lambda$ approach 0 and let $a_{\lambda}^1$ be the closest point to $a_{\lambda}$ in $C$.

Prove that $|a_{\lambda}^1-a_{\lambda}|$ converge to 0, i.e. $a_{\lambda}$ approaches $C$ as $\lambda$ approach 0.