Go to the UN homepage Sport for Development and Peace homepage Sport 2005 - International Year of Sport and Physical Education
   Go to the UN homepage Sport for Development and Peace homepage Sport 2005 - International Year of Sport and Physical Education
Go to the French web siteThree young boys and a ball   Soccer game in a field   Asian girl and a ball   Child playing     Sport 2005 - International Year of Sport and Physical Education
Our mandateContact usReference documents | Projects
Sport 2005 - International Year of Sport and Physical Education
 
Red ball passing from hands to hands
      

Playing volley-ball

Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General




Sport can play a role in improving the lives of individuals,
not only individuals, I might add, but whole communities.
I am convinced that the time is right to build on that understanding, to encourage governments, development agencies and communities to think how sport can be included more systematically in the plans to help children, particularly those living in the midst of poverty, disease and conflict.



Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Olympic Aid Roundtable Forum, Salt Lake City Olympic Games 2002


Copyright, United Nations, 2002-2005 | Terms of Use | Privacy Notice | Pictures by UN, UNHCR and UNICEF