A/HRC/RES/37/18
Acknowledging the fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter, including
principle 6, which states that the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in the
Charter shall be secured for all, without discrimination of any kind,
Recalling that the General Assembly has recognized the valuable contribution of
sport to the promotion of education, sustainable development, peace, cooperation,
solidarity, fairness, social inclusion and health at the local, regional and international levels,
and noting that, as declared in the 2005 World Summit Outcome, sports can contribute to
an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding among peoples and nations,
Acknowledging the revised International Charter for Physical Education, Physical
Activity and Sport, as proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its thirty-eighth session, in November
2015, and the Kazan Action Plan, adopted at the Sixth International Conference of
Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport, held in
Kazan, Russian Federation, in July 2017,
Acknowledging also the major role of the United Nations system and its country
programmes and the role of Member States in promoting human development through sport
and physical education,1
Taking note with appreciation of the final report of the Advisory Committee on the
possibilities of using sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights for all and to
strengthen universal respect for them, 2 and its recommendations to States, national, regional
and international sport organizations and other stakeholders,
Welcoming the significant impetus that the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games
and the Youth Olympic Games give to the volunteer movement around the world,
acknowledging the contributions of volunteers to the success of the Games, and in this
regard calling upon host countries to promote social inclusion without discrimination of any
kind,
Noting that the Olympic Charter, among its fundamental principles of Olympism,
stipulates that every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without
discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding
with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play,
Recognizing the potential of sport as a universal language that contributes to
educating people on the values of respect, dignity, diversity, equality, tolerance and fairness
as a means to combat all forms of discrimination and to promote social inclusion for all,
Recognizing also that sport and major sporting events can be used to promote
awareness, understanding and the application of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights,
Recognizing further the imperative need to engage women and girls in the practice
of sport and to enhance, to this end, their participation in sporting events at the national and
international levels,
Welcoming the continued advancement of women in and through sports and sporting
activities, in particular the support for their progressively greater participation in sport
events, which provides opportunities for women’s empowerment and the realization of
gender equality,
Acknowledging the potential of sport and major sporting events to educate the youth
of the world and to promote their inclusion through sport practiced without discrimination
of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires human understanding, tolerance, fair
play and solidarity,
Acknowledging also the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee,
the International Paralympic Committee and the United Nations system in such fields as
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See General Assembly resolution 71/160.
A/HRC/30/50.