Sport as a Means to Promote Education, Health, Development and Peace

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 47 Sport for peace and development : International Year of Sport and Physical Education, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2003–2017

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/71/160

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2017	A/RES/71/160	Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace	2,881	48%Compare
2014	A/RES/69/6	Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace	2,728	69%Compare
2012	A/RES/67/17	Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace	2,285	50%Compare
2010	A/RES/65/4	Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace	1,510	61%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/135	Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace	1,194	13%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

10 reports · 2004–2018

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2018	A/73/325	Strengthening the global framework for leveraging sport for development and peace report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/160
2016	A/71/179	Sport for development and peace : towards sport's enabling of sustainable development and peace report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/6
2014	A/69/330	Sport for development and peace : realizing the potential report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/17
2012	A/67/282	Sport for development and peace : mainstreaming a versatile instrument report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/4
2010	A/65/270	Sport for development and peace : strengthening the partnerships report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/135

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Sport for peace and development: International Year of Sport and Physical Education”;⁵

⁵A/59/268 and Add.1.

Decides to launch, on 5 November 2004, the International Year for Sport and Physical Education, as a means to promote education, health, development and peace;

Invites Governments, the United Nations, its funds and programmes, the specialized agencies, where appropriate, and sport-related institutions to organize events to underline their commitment and to seek the assistance of sports personalities in this regard;

Also invites Governments, the United Nations, its funds and programmes, the specialized agencies, where appropriate, and sport-related institutions:

To promote the role of sport and physical education for all when furthering their development programmes and policies, to advance health awareness, the spirit of achievement and cultural bridging and to entrench collective values;

To include sport and physical education as a tool to contribute towards achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration⁶ and the broader aims of development and peace;

⁶See resolution 55/2.

To work collectively so that sport and physical education can present opportunities for solidarity and cooperation in order to promote a culture of peace and social and gender equality and to advocate dialogue and harmony;

To recognize the contribution of sport and physical education towards economic and social development and to encourage the building and restoration of sports infrastructures;

To further promote sport and physical education, on the basis of locally assessed needs, as a tool for health, education, social and cultural development and environmental sustainability;

To strengthen cooperation and partnership between all actors, including family, school, clubs/leagues, local communities, youth sports associations and decision makers as well as the public and private sectors, in order to ensure complementarities and to make sport and physical education available to everyone;

To ensure that young talents can develop their athletic potential without any threat to their safety and physical and moral integrity;

Encourages Governments, international sports bodies and sport-related organizations to elaborate and implement partnership initiatives and development projects compatible with the education provided at all levels of schooling to help to achieve the Millennium Development Goals;

Invites Governments and international sports bodies to assist developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, in their capacity-building efforts in sport and physical education;

Encourages the United Nations to develop strategic partnerships with the range of stakeholders involved in sport, including sports organizations, sports associations and the private sector, to assist in the implementation of sport for development programmes;

Encourages Governments and the United Nations system to seek new and innovative ways to use sport for communication and social mobilization, particularly at the national, regional and local levels, engaging civil society through active participation and ensuring that target audiences are reached;

Acknowledges that the Olympic Games contribute to understanding between peoples and civilizations, and welcomes in this regard the contribution of the 2004 Olympic Games organized in Athens;

Stresses the need for all parties to cooperate closely with international sports bodies to elaborate a “code of good practice”;

Invites Governments to accelerate the elaboration of an international anti-doping convention in all sports activities, and requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in cooperation with other relevant international and regional organizations, to coordinate the elaboration of such a convention;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session on the implementation of the present resolution and on the events organized at the national, regional and international levels to celebrate the year 2005, under the item entitled “International Year of Sport and Physical Education”.

Sport as a Means to Promote Education, Health, Development and Peace

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