A/RES/74/22 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 18 December 2019 Seventy-fourth session Agenda items 11 and 15 Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal Culture of peace Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2019 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/74/L.24 and A/74/L.24/Add.1)] 74/22. World Chess Day The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 as well as the purpose of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization of advancing, through the educational, scientific and cultural relations of the peoples of the world, the objectives of international peace and of the common welfare of humankind, Recalling the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which states that “a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world, and that the peace must therefore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind”, 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, 2 Recognizing also the valuable contribution of such activities in promoting education, sustainable development, peace, cooperation, solidarity, social inclusion and health at the local, regional and international levels, __________________ 1 2 19-21667 (E) Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 73/1. 201219 *1921667*