SPORT
SERVING DEVELOPMENT
AND PEACE
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Achieving the goals of
the United Nations
through sport
SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
SPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENT :
A WINNING TEAM
30 – 31 July 2005
Michael Kleiner
Head of the United Nations Office for the
International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE 2005)
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Adolf Ogi
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General
on Sport for Development and Peeace
Former President of Switzerland
Head of the Swiss skiing Team
Olympic Games Sapporo 1972
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Millennium Development Goals
1. Halve extreme poverty
2. Universal primary education
3. Gender equality
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS
7. Sustainable environment
8. Global partnership for development
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Sport teaches life skills
• Learn to manage
victory
• Learn to overcome
defeat
• Learn to become a team player
• Learn to respect the rules and your opponent
• Learn that results come from regular training
• Learn to know yourself and your limits
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The missing link to civil society
• Sport empowers
• Sport can help promote
necessary values
• Sport knows no borders
« Universal language »
• Sport has enormous
economic value
• Sport can be a cost-effective
tool for development
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Presentation of the UN report
on sport for development and peace
UN Headquarters, New York, 17 September 2003
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Sport and the environment
• Awareness creation
• Education
• Active environment protection
« Greening the Games »
…
• Recycling of sporting goods
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UN General Assembly
Resolution on Sport
SPORT AS A MEANS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION,
HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
(Resolution 58/5, adopted 3 November 2003)
 Promote physical education in schools
 Protect young athletes
 Develop partnership initiatives
 International Convention on Doping (UNESCO)
 2005 = INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SPORT
AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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Create awareness about the role
of sport and physical education
for education, health, development
and peace
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Integrate sport into national
development policies
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International conferences
 SPORT AND ENVIRONMENT
Aichi / Nagoya, Japan (30 - 31 July 2005)
 SPORT AND PEACE
Moscow, Russia (2 - 5 October 2005)
 SPORT AND WOMEN LEADERSHIP
Atlanta, USA (20 - 22 October 2005)
 SPORT AND EDUCATION
Bangkok, Thailand (30 October - 2 November 2005)
 SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT II
Magglingen, Switzerland (4 - 6 December 2005)
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Contact
Office of the IYSPE 2005
UN Office at Geneva
C-203
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10
Tel: +41 22 917 25 40
E-mail: mkleiner@unog.ch
Website:
www.un.org/sport2005
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