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Sport as an enabler of sustainable development
meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable
diseases, 2
Recognizing that sports, the arts and physical activity have the power to change
perceptions, prejudices and behaviours, as well as to inspire people, break down racial
and political barriers, combat discrimination and defuse conflict, as reflected in the
political declaration adopted at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit in 2018, 3
Recognizing also the benefits of sport for the health of older persons, as outlined
in the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, 4
Recalling article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 5 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”, 6 stressing the promotion of physical, mental and emotional health through
play and 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 opportunities for women and girls in recreational and
sports activities, as well as in participation in athletics and physical act ivities at the
national, regional and international levels, such as access, training, competition,
remuneration and prizes,
Recalling further articles 1 and 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, 10 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,
Acknowledging the revised International Charter of 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, 11 as well as the Declaration of Berlin and the Kazan Action Plan
adopted at the fifth and sixth International Conferences of Ministers and Senior
Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport, held , respectively, in Berlin
in May 2013 and in Kazan, Russian Federation, in July 2017,
Recognizing the important role played by the International Convention against
Doping in Sport 12 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,
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