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SPORT SERVING DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

SPORT SERVING DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE Achieving the goals of the United Nations through sport SPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENT : A WINNING TEAM 30 – 31 July 2005 Michael Kleiner Head of the United Nations Office for the International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE 2005) Adolf Ogi

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SPORT SERVING DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

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  1. SPORTSERVING DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE Achieving the goals of the United Nationsthrough sport

  2. SPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENT : A WINNING TEAM 30 – 31 July 2005 Michael Kleiner Head of the United Nations Office for the International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE 2005)

  3. Adolf Ogi Special Adviser to the Secretary-Generalon Sport for Development and PeeaceFormer President of Switzerland Head of the Swiss skiing TeamOlympic Games Sapporo 1972

  4. Millennium Development Goals 1. Halve extreme poverty 2. Universal primary education 3. Genderequality 4. Reduce child mortality 5. Improve maternal health 6. Combat HIV/AIDS 7. Sustainable environment 8. Global partnership for development

  5. Sport teaches life skills • Learn to managevictory • Learn to overcomedefeat • Learn to become a team player • Learn to respect the rules and your opponent • Learn that results come from regular training • Learn to know yourself and your limits

  6. The missing link to civil society • Sport empowers • Sport can help promote necessary values • Sport knows no borders « Universal language » • Sport has enormous economic value • Sport can be a cost-effective tool for development

  7. Presentation of the UN reporton sport for development and peace UN Headquarters, New York, 17 September 2003

  8. Sport and the environment • Awareness creation • Education • Active environment protection « Greening the Games » … • Recycling of sporting goods

  9. UN General Assembly Resolution on Sport SPORT AS A MEANS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE (Resolution 58/5, adopted 3 November 2003) • Promote physical education in schools • Protect young athletes • Develop partnership initiatives • International Convention on Doping (UNESCO) • 2005 = INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF SPORT • AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

  10. Create awareness about the roleof sport and physical educationfor education, health, developmentand peace

  11. Integrate sport into nationaldevelopment policies

  12. International conferences • SPORT AND ENVIRONMENT Aichi / Nagoya, Japan (30 - 31 July 2005) • SPORT AND PEACE Moscow, Russia (2 - 5 October 2005) • SPORT AND WOMEN LEADERSHIP Atlanta, USA (20 - 22 October 2005) • SPORT AND EDUCATION Bangkok, Thailand (30 October - 2 November 2005) • SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT II Magglingen, Switzerland (4 - 6 December 2005)

  13. Contact Office of the IYSPE 2005 UN Office at Geneva C-203 Palais des Nations CH - 1211 Geneva 10 Tel: +41 22 917 25 40 E-mail: mkleiner@unog.ch Website: www.un.org/sport2005

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