A/RES/61/10 Recalling the “Call to Action”, which was adopted on 6 December 2005 in Magglingen, Switzerland, at the culminating conference of the International Year for Sport and Physical Education, to promote sport for development and peace among Governments, the United Nations system and international sports organizations, Taking note with appreciation of the organization in 2006 of the Global Youth Leadership Summit that highlighted the use of the convening power of sport as an entry point towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, Appreciates the appointment of sports celebrities as spokespersons and 1. Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations, representing the positive values of sport; Encourages the strengthening of cooperation with the International 2. Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, sports organizations and other partners of the world of sport; Invites Member States, the United Nations system, including the 3. governing bodies of the United Nations agencies, sport-related organizations, the media, civil society and the private sector to collaborate to promote greater awareness and action to foster peace and accelerate the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals through sport-based initiatives and to promote the integration of sport for development and peace in the development agenda, by working along the following points, adapted from the Action Plan included in the report of the Secretary-General:1 (a) Further develop a global framework to strengthen a common vision, define priorities and further raise awareness to promote and mainstream sport for development and peace policies that are easily replicable; (b) Promote and support the integration and mainstreaming of sport for development and peace in development programmes and policies; (c) Promote innovative funding mechanisms and multi-stakeholder arrangements on all levels, on a voluntary basis, including the engagement of sports organizations, civil society, athletes and the private sector; (d) Promote common evaluation and monitoring tools, indicators and benchmarks based on commonly agreed standards; 4. Invites Member States to initiate sports programmes to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women; 5. Invites Governments and international sports organizations to assist developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, in their capacitybuilding efforts in sport and physical education, by providing national experiences and best practices, as well as financial, technical and logistic resources for the development of sports programmes; Encourages Member States to ratify the International Convention 6. Against Doping in Sport; 2 7. Encourages the Secretary-General to maintain the mandate of Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace and to provide guidance on the _______________ 2 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Thirty-third Session, Paris, 3–21 October 2005, vol. 1: Resolutions, chap. V, resolution 14. 2