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			<title>UN Special Adviser on Sport Concludes Visit to Kenya and Angola</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Geneva/Nairobi/Luanda (UNOSDP) &ndash; Wilfried Lemke, the UN Secretary-General&rsquo;s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, has today concluded a five-day mission to Kenya and Angola. There, he continued his work as a facilitator and ad...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Funds for the Sahel are needed now, Raúl says during Visit to Chad</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[24 May 2012, Brussels, Nyon, Rome (FAO) &ndash; On a visit to drought-stricken Chad, Spanish football star Ra&uacute;l Gonz&aacute;lez added his voice to urgent calls for funding to prevent a full-blown food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of ...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:09:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>FC Barcelona and UNICEF strengthen their partnership for children in four countries</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Barcelona (UNICEF) &ndash; In an event at the stadium of the legendary football team, Barcelona FC, the FC Barcelona Foundation and UNICEF today powered up their promise to improve the lives of millions of children through sport and education. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:08:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Germany Contributes 450,000 Euros to UN Office on Sport for its Activities in 2012</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Geneva (UNOSDP) &ndash; Today in Geneva, Dr. Hanns Heinrich Schumacher, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva, handed over a symbolic check of 450,000 Euros to Mr. Wilfried Lemke, the UN Secretary-General&rsquo;s Special A...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 07:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>30,000 spectators at charity match in Algiers for the benefit of UNESCO projects for children in Africa</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Source: UNESCO &ndash; No less than 30.000 people, including many families, came to the charity match organized by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Rabah Madjer, on Monday 23 April 2012 at 5.30 pm at the 5 July 1962 Stadium in Algiers (Algeria), for the prof...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>UN Secretary-General Plays Charity Football Match for Sierra Leone</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New York (UNOSDP) &mdash; Today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined other diplomats in the "DiploMatch", a football match organized by the sport for peace NGO Play31. The goal of the match was to raise funds to hold community football tournaments ...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>100-day countdown to the 2012 London Games celebrated at the UN</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New York (UNOSDP) &mdash; To mark the 100 days until the opening of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the UN in New York hosted an event today at the UN Headquarters in New York. In addition to...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>United Nations Special Adviser on Sport Re-appointed for a Fifth Year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At the end of February, Wilfried Lemke accompanied UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Zambia in his capacity as his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. The visit capped off a busy and successful year for Mr. Lemke, who soon after recei...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Scrumming together with rugby players to end violence against women in Georgia</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[(UN Women, edited by UNOSDP)&nbsp; &ndash;&nbsp;UN Women has been supporting efforts to address gender-based violence through outreach campaigns, as well as helping to improve services for survivors, and the capacities of service providers. A partnersh...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:12:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>European professional football sounds the alarm on the Sahel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Brussels/Nyon/Rome (FAO) - The Professional Football Against Hunger campaign is coming to hundreds of European football stadiums with the message that action is needed now to avert a humanitarian disaster in the Sahel region of Africa, where a food and...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>African Countries Send Representatives to the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro as part of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (UN Women/UNFCU) &ndash; Today, 75 men, women and youth commenced their three-day trek to the top of Africa&rsquo;s highest mountain &ndash; Mt. Kilimanjaro, standing at 5,895m or 19,341-ft above sea level with an extraordin...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>UN Special Adviser on Sport Supports Initiative to Allow Safe Headscarf in Football</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the context of recent developments in the football world regarding the issue of female players wearing headscarves while on the field, Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations Secretary-General&rsquo;s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, h...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Professional Football against Hunger 2012 campaign kicks off</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Brussels/Rome (FAO) - "Urgent action is needed in the Sahel where millions of people are facing hunger". This is the message of European professional footballers who are working with the European Commission and the Food and Agriculture Organization of ...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Human Rights Council holds Panel Discussion on Human Rights through sport and the olympic ideal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Geneva (OHCHR/UNOSDP) - The Human Rights Council held today a panel discussion on human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal, as requested by resolution 18/23 adopted by the Council during its 18th session in September 2011. The resolution stated...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Zambia, the Playing Field for Further UN-Olympic Cooperation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Geneva (UNOSDP) - The international community and the world of sport came together today in Zambia as a high-level delegation led by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge concluded a visit to...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>UN Secretary-General Ban joined by IOC President Rogge to visit grassroots sports projects in Zambia</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Geneva (UNOSDP) - On Saturday 25 February 2012, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, will jointly &ndash; together with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IO...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>UNOCA and CAF will work together to promote peace and security in Central Africa</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Libreville (UNOCA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, and the President of the African Football Confederation (CAF), Mr. Issa Hayatou, met...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Top Kenyan Athletes Support Half-Marathon Run to Celebrate UNEP's 40th Anniversary</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nairobi (UNEP) - Kenya's top runners will join the public later this month for an historic half-marathon that will celebrate the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) four decades of working for the environment and raising public awareness of what needs to...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Óscar Washington Tabárez, named UNESCO Champion for Sport</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Paris (UNESCO) - &Oacute;scar Washington Tab&aacute;rez, the Uruguayan national football team manager, will be named UNESCO Champion for Sport by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, during a ceremony at Organization Headquarters on 30 January...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>“CAN without AIDS”: reaching youth with HIV prevention messages at the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Geneva (UNAIDS) - UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidib&eacute; travelled to the West African nation of Gabon on 23 January to lend his support to an innovative campaign launched by the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation &mdash; a charitable organization...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>UN Special Adviser Praises Winter Youth Olympic Games and Attends Christmas Truce Celebration in Flanders and Brussels </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Geneva (UNOSDP) &ndash; Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations Secretary-General&rsquo;s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, was in attendance last week at the closing of the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOGs) in Innsbruck, Austria. Tomo...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:28:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>The UN and the Italian Swimming Federation Partner for Water Preservation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UN and the Italian Swimming Federation are now partners in the Europe-wide ad competition and campaign &ldquo;Drop by Drop&rdquo; following the sport body&rsquo;s enthusiastic acceptance of acting as a testimonial in the world of sport on the theme...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Successful UN Youth Camp Concludes in Doha: ‘Only the beginning’ Stresses UN Special Adviser on Sport</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Doha/Geneva (UNOSDP) &ndash; The inaugural &lsquo;UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp&rsquo; concluded yesterday in Doha after eleven days of intense learning. Twenty-nine young people from nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territory en...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Africa… Winning against AIDS: Opinion piece by the Executive Director of UNAIDS for the Africa Cup of Nations 2012</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Source: UNAIDS &ndash; Winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2012 is something millions of  people across Africa are dreaming of right now as the continent&rsquo;s most  prestigious football tournament gets underway in Gabon and Equatorial  Guinea. A...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Afridi to Hit Hard Against Drugs in New Role as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vienna (UNODC) &ndash; Pakistan cricket star Shahid Afridi has been appointed UNODC National Goodwill Ambassador in recognition of his outstanding sporting record. Both batsman and bowler, Afridi is a talented all-rounder who from 2009 to 2011 was capt...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Winter Youth Olympic Games kicked off in Innsbruck</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Innsbruck (UNEP) &ndash; After three years of preparations the First Winter Youth Olympic Games (Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games) officially kicked off on 13 January 2012 in the majestic city of Innsbruck located in the heart of the Austrian Alps. T...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>"Score the Goals" Comic Book Apple App Available NOW!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Here we are. The app for our educational comic book 'Score the Goals' is finally available for free on the App Store!! Download it now and learn more about the Millennium Development Goals with Zidane, Figo, Ra&uacute;l and their mates!]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>United Nations Sport Youth Camp Kicks Off in Doha</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, today kicked off a 10-day leadership camp for underprivileged youth from nine countries in Sub&ndash;Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territory. Taking place in Doha, the &lsquo;U...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>24,400 Fill Arena to Support the UNDP Match Against Poverty</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hamburg (UNDP) - With a final score of 5-4, UNDP won the 2011 Match Against Poverty against HSV in Hamburg, Germany, on 13 December, 2011 before more than 24,000 spectators.&nbsp; The match was broadcast live in more than 25 countries. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>UN-Supported Youth Centre in Burundi Welcomes Special Adviser on Sport </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bujumbura/Geneva (UNDP/UNOSDP) &ndash; As part of his ongoing three‐nation African visit, UN Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke today visited a brand new Youth Sport Centre in Gatumba, Burundi, in the border region with the Democratic Republic of the Congo...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
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