Physical Education and Sports Exchanges Among Young People

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 77 Policies and programmes relating to youth, published in 1981.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1979–1981

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1981	A/RES/36/16	Physical education and sports exchanges among young people	330	23%Compare
1979	A/RES/33/8	Physical education and sports exchanges among young people	365	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Physical Education Sports Youth Exchanges

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General28 submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 33/8;

Takes note also of the replies of Member States29 to the request addressed by the Secretary-General in accordance with resolution 33/8;

Invites Member States to develop sports activities and physical education within the context of continuing education and, in particular, to give priority to programmes developed in the framework of a "sports for all" policy so as to reach all sectors of the population, especially young people who are not in school and the rural population;

Recommends that, in preparing programmes, special attention should be given to the promotion of indigenous forms of sport and physical training as well as to the adaptation of other forms of sport, especially through the use of local materials, and to the reduction of their cost and infrastructure requirements, so as to enable the largest possible number of persons to participate in these sports.

28 A/36/409.

JO A/33/26). 31 A/34/199. 32 A/35/503. 33 A/36/427. 14 A/36/215, annex.

A NAr!ON~I

Attention should be given to the expansion of advisory services on youth activities provided by the United Nations to Governments at their request.

Governments should consider the inclusion of youth representatives in their national delegations to the General Assembly and to other relevant United Nations meetings.

B REGIONAi.

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The regional commissions should review their relationships with regional non-governmental youth organizations in order to facilitate cooperation with and among ,uch urgan izations.

The regional commissions should pay special attention to the question of the active participatinn nf youth in the process of development and

1 " Resolution J.S/56. annex

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What’s in this document?

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