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children”, 3 stressing the promotion of physical, mental and emotional health through
play and sports,
2F
Recalling also article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, 4 outlining the right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal
basis with others in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport,
3F
Recognizing the important role played by the International Convention against
Doping in Sport 5 in harmonizing the actions taken by Governments in the fight
against doping in sport, which are complementary to those undertaken by the
sporting movement under the World Anti-Doping Code,
4F
Acknowledging the recommendations contained in the final report of the Sport
for Development and Peace International Working Group entitled “Harnessing the
power of sport for development and peace: recommendations to Governments”, and
encouraging Member States to implement the recommendations,
Recognizing the Beijing Declaration on Sport for Development and Peace,
calling for a renewed mandate of the Sport for Development and Peace International
Working Group under the leadership of the United Nations,
Recognizing also the need for indicators and benchmarks based on commonly
agreed standards to assist Governments to enable the consolidation of sport in crosscutting development strategies and the incorporation of sport and physical education
in international, regional and national development policies and programmes,
Recognizing further the imperative need to engage women and girls in the
practice of sport for development and peace, and in this regard welcomes activities
that aim to foster and encourage such initiatives at the global level, such as the 2008
International Federation of Association Football U-20 Women’s World Cup, held in
Chile,
Welcomes the Secretary-General’s decision to renew the mandate of a
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Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace and
to incorporate the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group
into the United Nations system under the leadership of the Special Adviser;
Also welcomes the establishment of a United Nations Office of Sport for
2.
Development and Peace, which constitutes a policy and communications platform
that will facilitate partnerships, coordinate common strategies, policy and programmes
and increase coherence and synergies, while simultaneously raising awareness within
the United Nations system and among external partners;
Invites Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system,
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including their governing bodies, international peacekeeping missions, sport-related
organizations, athletes, the media, civil society and the private sector to collaborate
with the United Nations Office of Sport for Development and Peace to promote
greater awareness and action to foster peace and accelerate the attainment of the
Millennium Development Goals through sport-based initiatives and promote the
integration of sport for development and peace in the development agenda, by
working along the following principles, adapted from the United Nations Action
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3
See resolution S-27/2, annex.
Resolution 61/106, annex I.
5
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference,
Thirty-third Session, Paris, 3–21 October 2005, vol. 1: Resolutions, chap. V, resolution 14.
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