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SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE THE UN SYSTEM IN ACTION

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945 with the mission to “build peace in the minds of men”. As the United Nations’ lead agency for Physical Education and Sport (PES), UNESCO provides assistance, guidance and services to governments, NGOs and experts, to consolidate and develop the increasingly diverse issues relating to sport.

In recent decades, UNESCO has committed itself to the creation of appropriate mechanisms to achieve its goals of cooperation and development. In line with this commitment UNESCO has established: -

  • The International Charter on Physical Education and Sport;
  • The International Convention against Doping in Sport;
  • The Conference of Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport;
  • Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sport;
  • The Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS);
  • The Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS);
  • The International Fund for Developing Physical Education and Sport (FIDEPS).

UNESCO (2009), Sport for Development and Peace: Proceedings of the Kingston International Congress, Jamaica, 13-16 September 2008, Paris, France. 

UNESCO (2009), Sport for Development and Peace: Proceedings of the Zanzibar Ministerial Round Table, United Republic of Tanzania, 8-10 September 2008, Paris France

UNESCO (2008), Rattus Holmes in the case of the spoilsports: English; French; Spanish, Paris, France.

UNESCO (2008), Handbook for the Fund for the Elimination of Doping in Sport, Paris, France.

UNESCO (2006), Anti-Doping Education Brochure, UNESCO/WADA.

UNESCO (2005), International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS) IV, Athens, Greece, 2004: English; French; Spanish 

UNESCO (2004), UNESCO Seminar on the Quality of Physical Education and Sport: Final Report, Porto Novo, Benin.

Wojciech Liponski (2003), World Sports Encyclopedia 2003, Atena, Poznan, Poland.

UNESCO (2001), International Friendship Encounter: sport for a culture of peace, Welcome Byzance, Schiltigheim, France.

 

UNESCO CHAMPIONS FOR SPORT

Rabah Madjer, Football, Algeria

Davaajargal Munkhbat (Hakuho), Sumo wrestling, Mongolia

David Douillet, Judo, France

Edson Arantes Do Nascimento (Pelé), Football, Brazil

Jaqueline Silva, Volleyball, Brazil

Justine Henin, Tennis, Belgium

Michael Schumacher, Formula 1, Germany

Sergey Bubka, Pole vault, Ukraine

Veronica Campbell-Brown, Athletics, Jamaica

Virgilijus Alekna, Discus throwing, Lithuania

Vitaliy & Wladimir Klitschko, Boxing, Ukraine

Vyacheslav Fetisov, Ice hockey, Russia

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Programmatic Focal Points:

UNESCO Headquarters:
Ms. Golda EL-KHOURY
Chief of the Youth, Sport and Physical Education Section
E-mail: g.elkhoury@unesco.org

UNESCO Office Dar Es Salam:
Mr. Marcellin DALLY
E-mail: m.dally@unesco.org

Communications Focal Points: 

Youth, Sport and Physical Education Section:

Ms. Nancy MCLENNAN
E-mail: sport@unesco.org

Champions for Sport:

Mrs. Basma IRSHEID
Chief of Section of UNESCO Celebrity Advocates
E-mail: b.irsheid@unesco.org

News
30,000 spectators at charity match in Algiers for the benefit of UNESCO projects for children in Africa 24 April 2012
Source: UNESCO – 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 profit of UNESCO programmes on African Youth.
European Athletics and UNESCO Renew Partnership 24 November 2011
Paris (UNESCO) – European Athletics and UNESCO have renewed their partnership to promote athletics as a driver for personal development and social cohesion, especially among young women and men. The new agreement, which runs until 2015, was signed by European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.
Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke Awarded Berlin Peace Clock for Contribution to Human Development and Peace through Sport 8 November 2011
Berlin (UNOSDP) – Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, tonight was awarded the 2011 ‘Berliner Friedensuhr’ (‘Berlin Peace Clock’) by the Berlin committee for UNESCO. Mr. Lemke was honoured on behalf of the UN for his unwavering commitment at the service of the world organization to mobilizing the power of sport to bring about international understanding and integration, and to combat pov...
Celebrated Algerian football player Rabah Madjer named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador 17 October 2011
Paris (UNESCO - edited by UNOSDP) – Today, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova designated Rabah Madjer, the famous Algerian football player, as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in a ceremony at the Organization’s Paris Headquarters. The two-year appointment is in recognition of Mr. Madjer’s work with young people and for his promotion of sports values.
UNESCO Director-General Signs UNESCO’s First Private Partnership Agreement in China with Ruby Shenzhen Football Club 13 August 2011
Geneva (UNESCO) -- UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova signed a partnership agreement with the Shenzhen Ruby Football Club on 13 August, a first of its kind for the Organization with a private sector entity in China.
The signing took place in conjunction with the Director-General’s participation in the opening of the Universiade, the international students games involving some 8,000 university students from 150 countries in the southern coastal city of Shenzhen.

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