A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/48/10 2 November 1993 Forty-eighth session Agenda item 167 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/48/L.8/Rev.1 and Add.1)] 48/10. International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal The General Assembly, Recalling that the International Olympic Committee, founded on the initiative of a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, will be celebrating the centenary of its founding in 1994, Taking into account its decision 35/424 of 5 December 1980 concerning guidelines for international years and anniversaries, Noting that the organization of the celebration for the International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal at the national and international level will be coordinated by the International Olympic Committee, with the collaboration of the International Sports Federations and the national Olympic committees, Recognizing that the goal of the Olympic Movement is to build a peaceful and better world by educating the youth of the world through sport and culture, Recognizing also that the Olympic ideal is to promote international understanding among the youth of the world through sport and culture and is therefore relevant to the International Year of the Family, which will be commemorated in 1994, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 44/82 of 8 December 1989, Noting also that the preparation for the International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal will not involve any financial implications for the United Nations or its Member States, nor will it require the setting up of any administrative structure, /...