A/RES/64/5 United Nations Distr.: General 1 December 2009 General Assembly Sixty-fourth session Agenda item 45 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 October 2009 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/64/L.3 and Add.1)] 64/5. 2010 International Federation of Association Football World Cup in South Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 63/135 of 11 December 2008, in which it recognized the value of sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace and welcomed the establishment of a United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace, Recognizing the potential of sport to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and noting that sport has the potential, as declared in the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 1 to foster peace and development and to contribute to an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding, 0F Acknowledging the use of mass sports events to promote and support sport for development and peace initiatives, Acknowledging also the role played by sport in Africa as an instrument for the promotion of unity, solidarity, peace and reconciliation, and the preventive campaigns against scourges, such as HIV/AIDS, affecting the youth of the continent, Welcoming South Africa’s readiness to host the historic 2010 International Federation of Association Football World Cup, which is to be held for the first time on the African continent in recognition of Africa’s contribution to the advancement of world sports, and recalling the endorsement and support of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union for efforts to ensure the success of the event, Noting with appreciation the role played by the African Union in helping to start the ball rolling for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by rallying countries across the continent to use the great appeal of football for a broad range of development and peace activities through the International Year of African Football 2007 and the World Cup legacy programme, _______________ 1 09-46213 See resolution 60/1. *0946213* Please rec cle ♲