International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 167 Building a peaceful and better world through sport, published in 1993.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

International Years Olympic Games Peace Sports Youth

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Proclaims 1994 as International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal;

Commends the Olympic Movement for its ideal to promote international understanding among the youth of the world through sport and culture;

Endorses the appeal launched by the International Olympic Committee to build a peaceful and better world through sport, supported by resolution CM/Res.1472 (LVIII), adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity at its fifty-eighth ordinary session, held at Cairo from 21 to 26 June 1993;

Invites all States, organizations of the United Nations system and interested non-governmental organizations to participate in the observance of the Year and to cooperate with the Secretary-General in achieving the objectives of the Year;

Requests the Secretary-General to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee in its endeavours to promote the observance of the Year.

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