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Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace
promote physical and mental health and well-being and cultivate a sport culture in
society;
12. Encourages Member States that have not yet done so to designate a focal
point for sport for development and peace within their Governments and to provide
updates to the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace on
institutional, policy and programme-related developments;
13. Supports the independence and autonomy of sport as well as the mission
of the International Olympic Committee in leading the Olympic movement and of
the International Paralympic Committee in leading the Paralympic movement;
14. Encourages relevant entities involved in delivering mega sport events to
respect applicable laws and international principles, including the Guiding
Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations
“Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, 12 and noting other ongoing initiatives in
this regard, at every stage of the event life cycle, to safeguard the many societal
benefits that hosting such events can contribute;
15. Urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider signing,
ratifying, acceding to and implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child 3
and the Optional Protocols thereto, 13 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities 5 and the International Convention against Doping in Sport; 6
16. Notes the efforts undertaken by the Secretary-General, the President of
the General Assembly, Member States and civil society for the observance of the
Olympic Truce, and encourages future hosts of the Olympic Games and the
Paralympic Games and other Member States to support the effective implementation
of the Truce;
17. Appreciates the leadership of the Special Adviser to the SecretaryGeneral on Sport for Development and Peace, supported by the United Nations
Office on Sport for Development and Peace, on issues relating to sport for
development and peace within the United Nations system and beyond, through
innovative initiatives such as the Youth Leadership Programme;
18. Notes the inclusion of the United Nations Office on Sport for
Development and Peace as a major organizational unit of the Secretariat, as
stipulated in the Secretary-General’s bulletin on the organization of the Secretariat
of the United Nations; 14
19. Encourages the Secretary-General to maintain the mandate of Special
Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace and to provide guidance on the
institutional future of sport for development and peace within the United Nations
system;
20. Encourages Member States, in particular those committed to promoting
sport as a tool for development and peace, and other stakeholders, such as
international sports federations, organizers of mega sport events, sports clubs and
leagues, foundations and the private sector, especially businesses involved in the
sports sector, to provide voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for Sport for
Development and Peace and to enter into innovative partnerships with the United
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A/HRC/17/31, annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531; and resolution 66/138, annex.
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ST/SGB/2015/3.
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