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June 6, 2006
UN-FIFA Joint Message for the
2006 World Cup (PDF, 328 KB)
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May 12, 2006
Tanzania makes gains against
malaria with help from
partners
Highlighting Tanzania’s innovative use of
football to inform people of ways to prevent
malaria, the country’s biggest child killer, the
United Nations Office of Sport for Development
and Peace organized a visit for journalists in
cooperation with other UN units and the National
Association of Black Journalists.
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May 8, 2006
Tanzania enlists sport vs malaria
Highlighting Tanzania’s innovative use of
football to inform people of ways to prevent
malaria, the country’s biggest child killer, the
United Nations Office of Sport for Development
and Peace organized a visit for journalists in
cooperation with other UN units and the National
Association of Black Journalists.
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March 7, 2006
The
Knicks partner with the United
Nations
The United Nations New York Office of Sport
for Development and Peace is partnering with the
New York Knicks basketball team and Hedge Funds
vs Malaria for the launch of the "Dunk Malaria"
initiative at the New York Knicks vs. Atlanta
Hawks game at Madison Square Garden in New York
on Wednesday, 15 March.
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February 20, 2006
Austrian
Government Hosts Sport for Development and Peace
Press Briefing
Austrian State Secretary for Sports, H.E.
Karl Schweitzer; Director, United Nations New
York Office of Sport for Development and Peace,
Djibril Diallo; and President and Chief
Executive Officer, Right To Play, and four-time
Olympic gold medallist, Johann Koss met in
Vienna for a press briefing on promoting the use
of sport as a tool for development, education,
health, and peace.
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June 17, 2005
Olympic
Day Run
The United Nations and the International
Olympic Committee organize an Olympic Day Run to
commemorate the International Year of Sport and
Physical Education 2005.
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June 5, 2005
World
Environment Day
"Green Cities: Plan for the Planet," is
the theme for the 2005 World Environment Day,
which was commemorated in San Francisco, the
birthplace of the United Nations.
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May 24, 2005
Sport
for Development and Peace International Working
Group Launch
International humanitarian organization
Right to Play co-organized the launch of the
Sport for Development and Peace International
Working Group at United Nations headquarters in
New York with the UN New York Office of Sport
for Development and Peace and the UN Fund for
International
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January 10, 2005
UN
rallies sport world to coordinated
action
following tsunami. Press conference
highlights.
Participating in the press conference
were Jean-Pierre Seppey, the Director-General of
the International Volleyball Federation which
has announced a $ 3 million contribution as the
first response to Mr. Ogi's call; and James
Rawley, Deputy Director of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) in Geneva and
Director of the Office for Crisis Prevention and
Recovery of UNDP.
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Photos: UN launches International Year
of Sport and Physical Education during a
November 2004 press conference in New York. L to
R: Roger Federer, Adolf Ogi, Kofi Annan, H.E.
Ali Hachani, and Margaret Okayo. By
UN/DPI. | | |
