Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace A/RES/71/160 Recognizing also the importance of international, continental and regional sport events, such as the Special Olympics World Games, the Deaflympics, the European Games, the Pan American Games and the Parapan American Games, the All Africa Games, the Asian Games, the Pacific Games, the World Nomad Games and the Commonwealth Games, for promoting education, health, development and peace, Highlighting the importance of continuing to reduce barriers to participation in sport events, particularly for participants from developin g countries, Recalling article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 outlining a child’s right to play and leisure, and the outcome document of the twenty -seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 4 stressing the promotion of physical, mental and emotional health through play and sports, Recalling also articles 1 and 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 5 in which States parties recognized the right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport, and recognizing that the active involvement of persons with disabilities in sport contributes to the full and equal realization of their human rights, as well as respect for their inherent dignity, Recognizing the important role played by the International Convention against Doping in Sport 6 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 of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Acknowledging the recommendations contained in the report of the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group entitled “Harne ssing the power of sport for development and peace: recommendations to Governments”, and encouraging Member States to implement and further develop those recommendations, Recalling the role of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), and the opportunities that it provides within its mandate for the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women, including in and through sport, and welcoming the continued advancement of women in sports and sporting activities, in particular the support for their progressively higher participation in sport events, which provides opportunities for economic development through sports, Recalling also the political declaration 7 and outcome 8 adopted at the five-year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 9 and the commitments made therein to ensure equal opportunity for women and girls in recreational and _______________ 3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531. Resolution S-27/2, annex. 5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910. 6 Ibid., vol. 2419, No. 43649. 7 Resolution S-23/2, annex. 8 Resolution S-23/3, annex. 9 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II. 4 3/7