Speeches, messages and statements | Office on Sport for Development and Peace

Statement by Mr. Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, on football clubs in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Geneva, Switzerland, 7 October 2016
Secretary-General's statement calling for the observance of the Olympic Truce for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, UN Headquarters, New York, USA, 26 July 2016
Secretary-General''s message to the Chess for Dialogue event organized by the Permanent Missions of Hungary and Ukraine, UN Headquarters, New York, USA, 18 June 2015
Secretary-General''s message to the World Taekwondo Championships, Chelyabinsk, Russia, 12 May 2015.
Secretary-General''s remarks at high level event entitled "United Action Towards Sustainable Development for All Through Sport", UN Headquarters, New York, USA, 15 April 2015.
Secretary-General''s message on the 2nd International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, New York, USA, 6 April 2015
Secretary-General''s message to the 6th Peace and Sport International Forum, Sochi, Russia, 31 October 2012.
Secretary-General''s remarks on receiving Seoul Peace Prize, Seoul, South Korea, 29 October 2012.
Secretary-General’s remarks to luncheon at International Academic Conference: Promoting Peace and Development Through Sports and the Role of Public Diplomacy, Seoul, South Korea, 29 October 2012.
Remarks by H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the Annual Board Meeting of the International Olympic Truce Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7 May 2012.
Speech by Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), at the 5th World Conference on Women and Sport, Los Angeles, USA, 17 February 2012.
Secretary-General''s address at the "2nd International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development", Geneva, Switzerland, 11 May 2011
Remarks by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director UN Environment Programme (UNEP), at the 9th World Conference on Sport and Environment, Doha, Qatar, 2 May 2011
Address by Mr. Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace at the Second Session of the Conference of Parties to the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 26 October 2009
Secretary-General’s Address to 13th Olympic Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 October 2009
Address by Mr. Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace at the first ''International Forum on Sport, Peace and Development'', Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7 May 2009
Address by Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General, on Sport for Development and Peace, at the ‘International Youth Crime Prevention and Cities Summit’ , Durban, South Africa, 18 June 2008
Remarks by Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, on the Presentation of the Report on the International Year of Sport and Physical Education, New York, USA, 3 April 2006