A/RES/72/6
Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal
Recalling the inclusion in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 2 of an
appeal for the observance of the Olympic Truce now and in the future and for
support for the International Olympic Co mmittee in its efforts to promote peace and
human understanding through sport and the Olympic ideal,
Recalling also that, in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 3 sport is
recognized as an important enabler of sustainable development, in particula r for its
growing contribution to the realization of development and peace in its promotion
of tolerance and respect and the contributions it makes to the empowerment of
women and of young people, individuals and communities as well as to health,
education and social inclusion objectives,
Acknowledging the valuable contribution that the appeal launched by the
International Olympic Committee on 21 July 1992 for an Olympic Truce could
make towards advancing the purposes and principles of the Charter of the U nited
Nations,
Recalling its resolution 71/160 of 16 December 2016 on sport as a means to
promote education, health, development and peace, in which it called upon future
hosts of the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and other Member States to
include sport, as appropriate, in conflict prevention activities and to ensure the
effective implementation of the Olympic Truce during the Games,
Noting that the XXIII Olympic Winter Games will be held from 9 to
25 February 2018 and that the XII Paralympic Winter Games will be held from 9 to
18 March 2018, in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea,
Noting also that Pyeongchang 2018 strives to open and expand new horizons
for winter sports in Asia and across the world, fully harnessing the power of sports
to encourage inclusion and to overcome barriers of all kinds,
Recalling that Pyeongchang 2018 marks the first of three consecutive Olympic
and Paralympic Games to be held in Asia, to be followed by Tokyo 2020 and
Beijing 2022, offering possibilities of new partnership in sport and beyond for the
Republic of Korea, Japan and China,
Expressing its expectation that Pyeongchang 2018 will be a meaningful
opportunity to foster an atmosphere of peace, development, tolerance and
understanding on the Korean Peninsula and in North-East Asia,
Recognizing the efforts of Pyeongchang 2018 to promote and further develop
winter sports across the world through initiatives such as the “Dream Programme”
for youth from regions without winter sports infrastructure,
Recognizing also the imperative need to engage women and girls in the
practice of sport for development and peace, and welcoming activities that aim to
foster and encourage initiatives in this regard at the global level,
Recalling article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4 which
outlines the right of the child to engage in play and recreational activities, and the
outcome document of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly
on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 5 which stresses the promotion of
physical, mental and emotional health through play and sports,
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