United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/61/10
Distr.: General
8 December 2006
Sixty-first session
Agenda item 49
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 November 2006
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.12 and Add.1)]
61/10. Sport as a means to promote education, health,
development and peace
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 58/5 of 3 November 2003, 59/10 of 27 October 2004
and 60/9 of 3 November 2005, its decision to proclaim 2005 the International Year
for Sport and Physical Education to strengthen sport as a means to promote
education, health, development and peace, and its resolution 60/1 of 16 September
2005, in which it underlined that sport could foster development and peace and
could contribute to an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding,
Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General, 1 which
includes the Action Plan that serves as an initial road map for a three-year period to
expand and strengthen partnerships, sport for development and peace programmes
and projects and advocacy and communications activities,
Acknowledging the major role of the Member States and the United Nations
system in promoting human development through sport and physical education,
through the country programmes,
Acknowledging also that sport and physical education can present
opportunities for solidarity and cooperation in order to promote tolerance, a culture
of peace, social and gender equality, adequate responses to the special needs of
persons with disabilities, intercultural dialogue, social cohesion and harmony,
Recognizing the need for greater coordination of efforts at the international
level to facilitate a more effective fight against doping,
Noting the need to further develop a common framework within the United
Nations to promote sport for education, health, development and peace, thereby
broadening the mission of the Working Group on Sport for Development and Peace
of the United Nations Communications Group to establish a policy and
communications platform that will define common strategies, policy and
programmes to increase coherence and synergies, while simultaneously raising
awareness within the United Nations system and among external partners,
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