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1. FOREWORDs ............................................................................................................... 21.1. Message from the President of the International Olympic Committee, Dr Jacques Rogge ..... 2

1.2. Message from the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr Wilfried Lemke .................................................................... 3

2. PROgRAmmE OF ThE CONFERENCE..........................................................5

3. summARiEs ..................................................................................................................93.1. OPENING CEREMONY .......................................................................................................... 9

3.2. SESSION I Sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the MDGs – Policy perspective .......................................11

3.3. SESSION II Sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the MDGs – Implementation perspective ........................14

3.4. SESSION III Is Sport delivering on Legacy? ..............................................................................................18

3.5. SESSION IV Developing a Culture of Peace through Sport – Policy perspective .................................... 22

3.6. SESSION V Developing a Culture of Peace through Sport – Implementation perspective ..................... 25

3.7. CLOSING SESSION ............................................................................................................. 29

4. RECOmmENDATiONs .......................................................................................... 31

5. LisT OF PARTiCiPANTs ....................................................................................... 33

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1. FOREWORDs

1.1. message from the President of the international Olympic Committee, Dr Jacques Rogge

The 2nd International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development was an important milestone in our efforts to leverage sport as a tool for positive change. Policy without implementation is talk without action. This is why the agenda for this important gathering included a dual focus on policy and on implementation. Clearly, our ultimate objective is to be successful and efficient on the ground – to serve humankind – and this forum brought us another step closer to that goal.

I am glad that our discussions resulted in a concrete outcome: a set of recommendations that aim to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and that will guide us all in our future actions. This document was agreed upon by the wide range of participants, composed of representatives of the Olympic Family, the United Nations (UN), governments and other expert organizations.

It is not a question of whether sport contributes to the betterment of society; we are all in agreement that it does. The real question is how to make it contribute in more impactful, tangible ways. The forum showed through the presentation of best practices how it can work in reality. It also revealed existing challenges, suggested solutions and offered new partnerships. The address by the United Nations Secretary General, HE Mr Ban Ki-moon, in which he once again acknowledged the importance of sport to the international community’s human development agenda, in particular the achievement of the MDGs, was a call for all of us to do more.

Thanks to the UN, sport has found its rightful place in the global agenda for peace and development and it is officially recognized that sport can be an invaluable tool for education, gender equality, integration, health, and more generally, for the good. Let us now make the most of it. On its side, the Olympic Movement will continue to do its best and apply more resources to human development programmes, using sport as the tool of choice.

Sport cannot solve all of the world’s ills, but I am convinced it can contribute to meaningful solutions.

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1.2. message from the special Adviser to the uN secretary general on sport for Development and Peace, mr Wilfried Lemke

Today’s fast-changing world is, unfortunately, still plagued by inequality, poverty, disasters and conflicts. Over the past decade, sport has gradually gained acceptance as an intervention mechanism that, on the one hand, garners almost universal engagement and, on the other hand, is a viable recourse to bringing about human development and promoting peace.

Considering sports potential to cross cultural bridges, break down barriers and bring people together, it is natural for the United Nations to partner with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), given the shared values of the two organizations. Through this partnership, the worlds of sport and development get closer day by day, thereby assisting to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The 2nd International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development, held on 10 and 11 May 2011 at the UN Office in Geneva, demonstrated the alliance between the United Nations and the Olympic family. The Forum acted as an excellent networking opportunity and enabled committed partners with a wealth of expertise in the field to get together and develop the crucial partnerships necessary for long term, sustainable impact. The Recommendations approved by the Forum participants provide a basis for the road ahead and we will continue our work together to turn them into action. The United Nations – witnessed through the personal engagement of the Secretary General – is committed to this task.

I would like to thank and congratulate all speakers, panellists and participants of the Forum for attending, contributing and sharing valuable knowledge. I would also like to thank the IOC for their engagement in mobilizing sport for social change and, in particular, for their collaboration in organizing the Forum.

In recent years, much effort has been on raising awareness of the unique power of sport for advancing human development. Today, the issue is anchored on the agenda of both the United Nations and the Olympic and sports movement. Nevertheless, until social change through sport programmes and strategies have been fully mainstreamed, on the one hand, in national and international development and peace programmes and, on the other hand, in the social responsibility approach by the sport movement, there is no room for complacency.

The Forum, however, also identified some gaps when it comes to translating policy into action. As a poignant quote from the Forum reminds us,“talking is good, implementation is better”. In this respect, one of the key questions that arose throughout the Forum was “how do we increase the impact of our work on the ground?”.

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To that aim, we need to keep identifying, replicating and promoting good practices, as well as ensuring sustainability in the implementation of projects in the field. In this respect, it is also crucial to foster promising youth to become role models. With their unique capacity to inspire, role models have great potential to popularize and spread the message of the power of sport.

The 2015 MDGs deadline is fast approaching and it is crucial that we work together as a movement in our endeavours to fulfil the targets, while already starting looking beyond 2015. Building on the success of the Forum, the sport, political and civil society actors need to further commit their efforts and resources so that all humanity can benefit from the remarkable opportunities that sport can deliver.

I look forward to convening again in the future to evaluate our joint progress.

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Programme of the Conference


2. PROgRAmmE OF ThE CONFERENCE

may 10, 2011

OPENiNg CEREmONY

Keynote addresses

Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC President HE Dr Pál Schmitt, President of the Republic of HungaryMr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace Master of Ceremony: Mr Poul Hansen, Head of Office, UN Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP)

sEssiON i sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the mDgs – Policy perspective

Keynote addresses

Addressing the mDgs through sportDr Mario Pescante, Permanent Representative for the IOC to the UN and Chairman of the IOC International Relations CommissionPlacing sport in Development PolicyHon. Hugh Robertson MP, Minister for Sport and the Olympics, United Kingdom

Panel discussion

HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein, President of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)HE Ms Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the UNDr Ala Alwan, Assistant-Director General for NCDs and Mental Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Moderator: Mr Guy Drut, Board Member of the International Olympic Truce Foundation (IOTF)

Rapporteur: Ms Aziyadé Poltier, Communications Partnerships Manager, United Nations Development Programme, European Office (UNDP)

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sEssiON ii sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the mDgs – implementation perspective

Keynote addresses

Quality Physical Education for AllHE Ms Frances Rodrigues, Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UNFor a Concerted Approach to implementation – the iFs perspectiveMr Patrick Baumann, Secretary General, International Basketball Federation (FIBA)

Panel discussion

Ms Tove Paule, Former President and Honorary Member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of SportsMr Tom Burstow, Head of International Inspiration, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Mr Ignacio Packer, Thematics Director, Terre des hommes (Tdh)Prof. Tess Kay, Professor of Sport and Social Sciences, Brunel University, UK Moderator:Mr David Chikvaidze, Chief Librarian and Chairman of the Cultural Committee of the UN Office of Geneva

Rapporteur:Dr Constantinos Filis, Director of the International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC)

sEssiON iii is sport delivering on Legacy

Keynote addresses

Legacy of the Olympic games to human DevelopmentMr Carlos Nuzman, President, RIO 2016 Olympic Games Organizing Committee2010 FiFA World Cup south Africa, What Next?Mr Gert Oosthuizen, Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation, South Africa

Panel discussion

Mr Lamine Diack, President, International Athletics Federation (IAAF)Mr Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of SOCHI 2014 Olympic Games Organizing CommitteeSir Phillip Craven, President, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Moderator: Ms Nicole Hoevertsz, Member of the IOC International Relations Commission

Rapporteur:Mr Wondwosen Asnake, Programme Officer, Civil Society, Regional Office for Europe, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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may 11, 2011

sEssiON iV Developing a Culture of Peace through sport – Policy perspective

introduction by Mr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and PeaceWelcome remarks by Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC Presidentspecial remarks by HE Mr Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations Master of Ceremony: Mr Christophe de Kepper, IOC Director General

Keynote addresses

harnessing the Power of sport for Peace-buildingIntendant General Lassana Palenfo, President, Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA)Bringing Peace to El salvador using sport as a ToolDr Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez, Director, National Institute of Sport, El Salvador

Panel discussion

Mr Timothy Fok, President, NOC of Hong Kong, ChinaMs Fani Palli Petralia, Vice-President, International Olympic Truce Foundation (IOFT)HE Mr Fred Tanner, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)Mr John Clark, Chief of UNSCO Coordination Unit, Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Moderator:Ms Nawal El Moutawakel, IOC Member Rapporteur: Mr Patrick Baumann, IOC Member

sEssiON VDeveloping a Culture of Peace through sport – implementation perspective

Keynote addresses

For a sporting Route to Conflict ResolutionHRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, Founder and Chairman, Generations for Peace mobilizing the ChampionsMr Joël Bouzou, President, Peace and Sport

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Panel discussion

Mr John Andrews, Senior desk Officer for Asia & Pacific region, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)Dr Constantinos Filis, Director, International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC)Mr John Marks, President, Search for Common GroundMs Jutta Engelhardt, Head of Sport and Development, Swiss Academy for Development Moderator:Syed Shahid Ali, IOTF Board Member

Rapporteur:Mr Poul Hansen, Head of Office, UNOSDP

sEssiON ViNext steps

Presentation of recommendations and adoption

Vote of thanks

CLOsiNg sEssiON

Master of ceremony:Mr Tomas A.G. Sithole, IOC Director of International Cooperation and Development

Closing remarks

Mr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and PeaceDr Jacques Rogge, IOC President

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3. summARiEs

3.1. OPENiNg CEREmONY

Keynote addresses

Dr Jacques Rogge, iOC President

President Rogge recalled the First International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development organised in Lausanne in 2009, and the progress made since then on the road to a stronger collaboration between the sports movement and the United Nations. Many projects around the world had been successfully implemented thanks to that. The purpose of the 2nd International Forum was therefore to move this partnership to another level, and to find new and better ways to use sport as a tool for positive change. While sport could not solve all of the world’s ills, it could contribute to meaningful solutions as it broke down barriers and brought people together. However, policy without implementation was talk without action. It was therefore fundamental to be efficient on the ground and to call on a large number of stakeholders to successfully serve human development through sport.

He stressed that the IOC and the UN had common goals on peace and development and had shown that they could be more effective working together. The IOC was working with various UN agencies at country level and was very much engaged in efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The UN Observer status granted to the IOC in 2009 was a resounding acknowledgement of sport’s role in serving these causes and was no doubt an additional means to facilitate their collaboration.

President Rogge concluded his speech recalling that, while progress was undeniable, much more could to be done to fully leverage sport for the good of humanity. He urged those present to build on the existing solid foundations established over the last years to enable sustainable and more effective partnerships for peace and development.

hE Dr Pál schmitt, President of the Republic of hungary

His intervention recognised that sport and physical activity were clearly contributing every day, and everywhere in the world, to achieving societal and global goals.

As sport talked a common language, it could bring together people and communities and facilitate dialogue; sport could also educate, gave hope, promoted healthy behaviour and mental well-being; and it could motivate and inspire.

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Building on this, it was necessary to move one step further and assess the real level of using sport’s potential, the efforts deployed to provide access to sport for everybody, the programmes’ efficiency and added value, and the ways and means to improve and maximise the impact of these efforts.

He saw the contribution of the Olympic Movement and of its volunteers to human development and peace as complementary to the political framework set up by governments, and supported and coordinated by a broad range of UN bodies. To achieve the best possible results, sport needed to be integrated into other interventions and programmes and effective government policies and programmes which benefited from dedicated budget lines and human resources.

Similarly, while governments often used sport to achieve their domestic development goals – such as by promoting the success of elite sport to nurture healthy patriotism, and by establishing role models for young people – their development strategies were very heterogeneous. He therefore saw the UN intervention as a valuable tool to help them define global goals which should be taken into consideration in establishing national strategies to build human and social capital for their communities. As the target date of 2015 was soon approaching, it was critical that joint efforts combining the UN, governments, the sports movement and other major players be intensified and systemised.

mr Wilfried Lemke, special Adviser to the uN secretary general on sport for Development and Peace

Mr Lemke underlined the symbolic value of the Forum, which demonstrated once again the close links and partnership between the Olympic Movement and the UN family. This had resulted in many successful joint projects in various fields, and the recent World Conference on Sport and the Environment held in Doha was one example among many others.

Recognising that education was the key all over the world to encourage peace and development, it was therefore necessary, nowadays, to convince governments and UN agencies to invest more in it. New Master degrees and educational initiatives in the field of sport were the first steps in a long process that needed to be encouraged.

He also saw sport as a tool that could be used by everybody – from kids in the slums to top athletes and role models – as it had the unique ability to break down barriers and bring people together. Indeed, as the right to live in peace and harmony was still not a reality in many parts of the world, sport could play a role to improve the situation. The new communication between the Israeli and Palestinian NOCs was in this regard strong evidence of the power of sport.

However, more effort needed to be deployed to convince policy makers and Member states that sport was not a luxury, but that it could be better leveraged as a meaningful tool for development and peace. This called for stronger collaboration between all stakeholders among the sports and the UN world, as well as for innovative approaches such as through the social networks.

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3.2. sEssiON i sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the mDgs – Policy perspective

Keynote addresses

Dr mario Pescante, Permanent Representative for the iOC to the uN

As Permanent Representative for the IOC to the UN, Dr Mario Pescante expressed his personal satisfaction about the organisation of this forum, working side-by-side with the United Nations. He personally thanked the Secretary General and his Special Advisor on Sports for Development and Peace for all the work accomplished.

Dr Pescante emphasised that the cooperation between the two entities had been strengthened, leading to an increased integration of sport into the MDGs agenda. Highlighting some examples in this regard, he mentioned the fruitful cooperation established by the IOC with FAO and WFP, which directly benefited communities in need. On access to primary education, the IOC was encouraging school attendance in developing countries. On gender issues, the Olympic Movement had been very active in promoting access of women and girls to sport and, in particular, to the Olympic Games. Finally, he mentioned the IOC’s work with UNEP in the area of environment and sustainability, and in particular the preparation for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, in 2012.

Dr Pescante also addressed the conference on the importance of the culture of peace and the Olympic Truce. As humanity was facing difficult times, sport could help build bridges that facilitate dialogue between people, promote diplomacy, inspire with trust, and could favour diversity. He also praised the first Youth Olympic Games, which supported this idea, and recognised the key role that social networks had nowadays in promoting freedom and peace.

hon. hugh Robertson mP, minister for sport and the Olympics, united Kingdom

Building on his experience, which led him to work on sport as well as on peace-keeping operations in Cyprus and Sarajevo, Minister Robertson valued the importance of this particular forum as it brought together two important organisations.

While not claiming to have a definitive answer on the role of sport in achieving the MDGs, he gave an overview of the successes and challenges of the London 2012 legacy programme. Through it, a variety of development projects have been implemented in 16 countries around the world, providing skills for coaches, teachers and community leaders, and helping local partners to influence and improve national policies and programmes. Some concrete examples in Bangladesh, Jordan and Zambia were further highlighted.

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The London legacy programme has demonstrated that sports projects could contribute to a wider development agenda, while there was a need to review, better assess and target interventions. Close partnerships from the very early planning stages with the recipient country were absolutely crucial to secure successful projects at community level. It was also just as critical to adopt a realistic approach, focusing on key clear outcomes in times of budget constraints and enabling local buy-in to ensure the sustainability of these programmes.

Despite financial challenges, Minister Robertson still urged to promote sport for peace and development, as it can concretely support hundred thousands of young people around the world and is a path to a better life.

Panel discussion

hE ms maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the uN

As a former tennis champion, HE Ms Farani Azevêdo was very proud to speak in this forum and to present Brazil’s achievements in the area of sports for development. Enabling Brazil to host the Football World Cup and the Olympic Games in the coming years was a clear recognition of her country’s strong democracy and stable economy. Brazil would also have the possibility of contributing further to the achievement of the MDGs through these events, impacting social development with the creation of thousands of jobs in the years to come, and investing in small and medium size enterprises in low-income communities that will bring a permanent gain in term of their quality of life. There were also numerous projects implemented to help children out of drugs, violence and criminality, major issues in Brazil.

HE Ms Farani Azevêdo also praised the crucial role of partnerships between NGOs, the private sector and the government, in delivering these programmes. She also encouraged South South cooperation, giving very practical examples of cooperation with South Africa, providing a multipurpose centre in Ramallah, or even advocacy events like the peace football match held between the Brazil and Haiti national football teams.

Dr Ala Alwan, Assistant Director general for non-communicable diseases and mental health, World health Organization (WhO)

Dr Alwan stressed that physical inactivity was the fourth cause of death in the world, and a major factor to non-communicable diseases. Estimates also showed that, over the next 10 years, this would increase by 15% worldwide and increase in developing countries as well.

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Despite these alarming numbers, it was important to understand that many of these health problems were preventable. WHO was therefore working on promoting physical activity and had recently signed a MOU with the IOC to strengthen this approach. Another important opportunity was provided by the forthcoming September Special Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, which would discuss prevention of NCDs and the promotion of healthy lifestyles. He concluded by expressing the hope that the outcomes of the Forum would help to address the challenges and opportunities for greater inter-sectoral collaboration.

hRh Princess haya Al hussein, President of the international Equestrian Federation (FEi)

In her capacity as UN Messenger for Peace as well as IOC member, HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein is in a unique position to help the United Nations to deliver the MDGs. She strongly believes that sport can be a useful tool in this regard. The Olympic Movement is in a unique position to promote these universal goals, to get people involved, and with the millions of viewers and sports audiences, to be a great advocacy mechanism.

Although time is running out to reach these goals by 2015 and the UN is facing many emergency and crisis situations, she is deeply convinced that the world has all the necessary technical means to achieve them.

Questions & Answers

The discussions of the panel raised many reactions among the audience particularly from stakeholders based in the field. Among the various comments and concerns, it was stressed that it is imperative to build partnerships and interfaces between different actors for peace and sport to optimise their action.

The audience also stressed the importance of addressing issues of citizens’ security, hooliganism, drug and violence prevention for kids and the need to encourage the UN and the IOC to jointly further promote physical activity and sport in school curricula. Building coalitions was evidence of value.

Partnerships between the UN, the IOC and governments are also critical to ensure the sustainability of projects, beyond financial considerations. South-South cooperation could also be an answer to that. Social networking could also be further leveraged as a medium to educate youngsters about healthy and responsible lifestyles as the interest of technology was underlined.

The role of the academic world was also mentioned. The answer from the panel was that any evidence needs to have academic rigour reports.

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3.3. sEssiON ii sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the mDgs – implementation perspective

Keynote addresses

hE ms Frances Rodrigues, Permanent Representative of mozambique to the uN

Ambassador Rodrigues stressed that all the stakeholders should be cognisant of the need to build upon previous decisions and renew their resolve to use sport as a catalyst for achieving the MDGs, thus contributing to peace and to social and economic development.

She recognised that, despite a widespread decline and marginalisation of physical education and sport throughout the world, there was a multiplication of initiatives and activities designed to reverse the tide and restore physical education and sport to its rightful place and, as a consequence, a fundamental change was occurring.

A more efficient policy of investment in physical education and sport could lead to job creations, and fight unemployment and poverty by promoting better standards of living and helping to eliminate social tensions more effectively. But governments had to reinforce their commitment as there was still a gap between policy conception and implementation due to the fact that in many countries sports development was usually not a top priority in the national budget or in the education system.

She called on all the stakeholders, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, the public and private sectors and international financial institutions to cooperate; and concluded her speech with the example of her country, Mozambique, where they had been embracing the ideals of physical education for all but also encountered hurdles in the process.

mr Patrick Baumann, secretary general, international Basketball Federation (FiBA)

Reaching a very large portion of the world population on a daily basis, Mr Baumann stressed that International Sport Federations were in a unique position to contribute to achieving the MDGs. Aware of the various benefits of sport for individual development, disease prevention and promotion of gender equality, the IFs had developed educational programmes for coaches of young athletes, which went beyond the technical aspects of the sport and included education on the values embedded in their sport. Moreover, they encouraged the practice of sport and promoted a healthy lifestyle while they also had a statutory obligation towards gender equality and developed specific programmes aimed at increasing the participation of women in competitions and administration. IFs were now conscious of and responsive to environmental issues and some of them worked with governments and UN agencies or used their own partners to support social projects.

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However, only some IFs had concrete and explicit strategies in place, and most actions were reactive or coincidental. While willing to contribute to society’s well being, their first mission remained to develop and promote their respective sport and they were still disorganised and dispersing their efforts and funding for human development programmes through sport.

He stressed that there was a critical need for better coordination of the large number of projects within the IFs, but also among the sports movement at large. This required increased communication and sharing of best practices, setting realistic and reachable objectives, as well as streamlined partnerships between the sports movement and NGOs, UN agencies and national governments, which had resources dedicated to all of the MDGs in their various ministries.

Panel discussion

ms Tove Paule, Former President and honorary member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of sports

Ms Paule presented the example of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF), which had for the past 150 years played a part in building a healthy and active society in Norway and since 1982 had used its core business – sport – to contribute to reducing poverty in developing countries.

The NIF worked in partnership with other National Sport Councils, governments, National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and non-governmental organisations and concentrated on enhancing sport systems through organisational capacity and community-based leadership. It also adhered to three basic building blocks including: 1) quality sport, 2) strong and sustainable organisational structures and 3) positive life skills. These three factors were, for her, the ingredients for sport to be a positive agent of change and a catalyst for contributing to the MDGs.

To be effective, actions also needed “long term commitment” and “partner support” toward the development and implementation of quality education for coaches, including life skills education, the development of community-based sports structures embraced by local government and the sports federations and the development of volunteer capacity through training of community leaders.

But beyond the numerous successes, she felt there were still many challenges in sport to achieve the MDGs, such as: 1) funding, as most projects suffered from a general lack of long-term commitment from founders; 2) lack of understanding of cultural differences; and 3) lack of reflection on the added value of programmes, policies and activities. She criticised a strong desire to work with successful partners in the southern hemisphere rather than risk developing new ones which could reduce the ability of successful organisations to achieve results. In concluding, she outlined three key recommendations: lead by example; support for the long term; and assist, share and in some cases mandate acceptance.

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mr Tom Burstow, head of international inspiration, united Nations Children’s Fund (uNiCEF)

UNICEF had been a strong advocate for the use of sport as a tool for addressing development issues for many years, and its aim was to be a leader and convener for work in sport for development, maintaining partnerships with a broad range of sports organisations, athletes and networks.

Indeed, sport could effectively contribute to reach the most marginalised and excluded and could be used as great entry points for children and young people to access a variety of programmatic interventions. It could also be used as a platform to generate partnerships with governments, civil society organisations and the private sector, as proven by several projects using sport that had run between 2007 and 2009 in over 40 countries. Beyond specific MDGs, sport could also be used in the most complex contexts to create the conditions necessary for development to take place, in particular in areas of conflict or post conflict and on that point, UNICEF was really proud of its achievements and partnerships in that field.

Mr Burstow also pointed out several challenges that remained to be addressed in this framework. In many countries, physical education was not seen as a priority which, as a consequence, had led to a shortage of facilities, equipment and trained personnel. There were also 67 million children not in school, who were really difficult to reach. It was also difficult to measure the precise contribution of sport in contexts where a variety of challenges existed. Indeed, despite the number of programmes used that involved sport, the different ways in which sport was being used had made it difficult to draw useful comparisons across countries.

However, he believed that current sports-related programmes were just exploiting a very small part of what sport could do to support human development and children and youth empowerment in the future.

mr ignacio Packer, Thematics Director, Terre des hommes (Tdh)

Mr Packer recalled that the challenges posed by the MDGs, and the challenges for the positive contribution of “sport” to these, were linked to problems with the MDGs targets and indicators, fragmentation and a lack of synergy.

Indeed, he supported the idea that sports programmes of all types served as tools towards the MDGs and had a huge insufficiently exploited potential. Sport was a means to provide psychosocial support, encouraging children’s resilience processes. Psychosocial sports activities also did not have a primary focus on competition, but rather an emphasis on creating a cooperative and supportive environment in which people could give feedback though their emotions, tensions and improve behaviour. Terre des hommes had worked with this sports dimension for many years, thereby managing to foster children’s social integration and develop their personal and social skills such as cooperation, responsibility, trust and communication, specifically in humanitarian contexts.

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However, while they had empirical evidence of sport’s impact on improving children’s psychological well-being, there was however today a lack of scientific evidence to measure this impact. This was linked to the difficulties in conducting research in an emergency context, to limited financial and technical capacities of disaster relief agencies, and to a small number of validated tools.

Prof. Tess Kay, Professor of sport and social sciences, Brunel university, uK

Professor Kay recalled that, over the last five years, evidence of the impact of sport had increased. Sport had special qualities for engaging young people as it could be attractive and enjoyable for experienced and inexperienced participants alike. Sport could reach some young people “on the margin” who do not respond to mainstream provision and institutions, and could be especially – but not only – successful in engaging young men. Sport could also directly deliver development outcomes and education messages and its informal nature could produce open and democratic relationships between young people and the adults who worked with them, making it easier for young people to ask for the information they needed to protect and manage their lives. Finally, positive experiences from sport can transfer to other contexts while developing higher confidence levels and improved decision-making and communication skills. Sport could help young people assert themselves in educational, family and community settings.

She also argued that the MDGs were extraordinarily ambitious as they involved empowering individuals and communities and equipping them to make informed choices about their lives. These were great reasons to be optimistic about sport. Offering sport in the service of international development might maximise the power of sport. However, everything depend on how sport was implemented in a development context. By engaging with international development, sport was entering a different game, played under different rules. There were valuable lessons to be learnt from the approaches in the wider field of international development.

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3.4. sEssiON iii is sport delivering on Legacy?

Keynote addresses

mr Carlos Nuzman, President, RiO 2016 Olympic games Organising Committee

As the biggest sports event to take place for the first time in the South American region, Mr Nuzman stressed that the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games presented both big opportunities and challenges to the Brazilians and their Government. The same was also applying to the other major events happening in the country prior to the Games – including the Military World Games in July 2011, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 in 2012 and the FIFA Football World Cup in 2014.

With more than 10,000 athletes, 200 nations represented, 100,000 people mobilised, including over 70,000 volunteers to make it a success, the Brazilians would strive to implement their vision basing their efforts on technical excellence, human resources, and sustainable transformation through sport. Going beyond Olympic venues themselves, their strong legacy programme aimed at citizens and youth engagement would also enable the city, the state and the federal governments to work together on several programmes to improve the population’s quality of life, such as the building of new infrastructures, or the urbanisation of the favelas with comprehensive security plans. The engagement of various stakeholders to create the largest educational outreach programme and recreational activities for young people and the promotion of social inclusion was also going to be a great legacy for everyone.

mr gert Oosthuizen, Deputy minister of sport and Recreation, south Africa

Reflecting on the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Mr Oosthuizen stressed that it undoubtedly proved to be a watershed moment for South Africa, helping to rebrand a newly-united nation that had been – in the past decades – divided by racism. South Africa was a nation that had seen and recognised sport as a movement for good and the human spirit. This event was the illustration of the Government’s will to reinforce sport as a movement for good and for change in the current context. South Africa had worked tirelessly with its continental partners to ensure that the event would remain true to its official call to action.

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In terms of legacy, the event had also contributed to sustained and diverse benefits to the nation. It had built a legacy in infrastructure, economic growth, job creation, nation building and upgrading “Brand South Africa” in international awareness. To this end, the FIFA World Cup could be considered as an important developmental accelerator. The event further had enabled the affirmation of a common African agenda of peace, development and prosperity. Concomitant to this was the wish to liberate the continent from the perception of Africa as a hopeless continent. More so, in the end the event had succeeded to position Africa and Africans as equals amongst the rest of the world.

While recognising the successes achieved by the World Cup, which had certainly helped South Africa in many ways, Mr Oosthuizen also stressed that there remained many challenges for his country to continue the momentum, such as maintaining and deepening their social cohesion to build the “Rainbow Nation”.

Panel discussion

mr Lamine Diack, President, international Association of Athletics Federations (iAAF)

While recognising that human development depends more than anything else on vigorous economic performance achieved through the availability of substantial material and financial resources, and applying the principles of good governance in management, Mr Diack stressed that sport, in many ways, contributed to a range of human development issues and should not be confined to its recreational function. Sport has become a powerful tool of mobilisation which can lead to the boldest of social changes, and a vector of peace, harmony and cohesion. It has, for several years, played a key role in giving rise to new strategies for promoting human development.

Athletes had a special role to play in promoting the values of sport as there was no better channel to convey such messages to society, in particular to reach out to young people. Athletes should be mindful of this special responsibility.

By joining forces with the IOC, the United Nations system had laid the foundation for raising awareness and mobilising populations in a way of which no other social force is capable. However, achieving the MDGs, would require all the Olympic Movement constituents to make even greater efforts in the four years left until the 2015 deadline. He also strongly argued in favour of including the level of sports practice in a country as a criterion for calculating the human development index. It would be then easier to make all the public authorities aware of the need to invest more in sport.

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mr Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of the sochi 2014 Olympic games Organising Committee

Mr Chernyshenko recognised that the hosting of the Games in Sochi had unified and galvanised citizens and organisations all over Russia. Several things would never have happened if Russia had not been given the opportunity to host the Games. They had happened thanks to a mental shift which now recognised the power of sport as the most powerful tool to jump into the future.

Mentalities had also changed concerning environment and disabilities, among other things, with changes in perception of priorities and acceptance of differences. In the same way, volunteerism, which did not exist before in Russia, was developing, now gathering together hundreds of thousands of people.

Numerous programmes and projects were now in place to ensure the success of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, and the Sochi Organising Committee and the Russian people were determined to work hard not only to meet requirements and expectations, but even to exceed them. In this context, legacy was full of meanings as it would bring sustainable and positive changes.

sir Phillip Craven, President, the international Paralympic Committee (iPC)

Sir Craven reminded the participants to draw inspiration from the Paralympic Movement, which plays an important role in promoting and contributing to the development of sports opportunities and competitions in general, and to promoting a better world for all people with a disability, in particular. He sees the core values of the Paralympics (courage, determination, inspiration and equality) as important in any society as they help people to accomplish the unexpected, they inspire, and, above all, as they are an indisputable tool to break down all forms of barriers and discriminations.

And beyond access to sport and sports facilities themselves, the hosting of the Paralympics Games has also transformed airports and public structures to give more accessibility for people with a disability. Furthermore, they have become the channel for changing the public’s perception of people with a disability. The Paralympics have inspired, excited, and clearly shown the self-determination of people to achieve excellence. They have empowered and created acceptance for millions in society. Today, disability is forgotten for the benefit of excellence, and this is one of the most important legacies of the Games.

Questions & Answers

The situation of the expropriation of people before and during the Games was tackled. On this occasion, the audience was reminded that the Olympic Games represented a major project over several years and that it was necessary to give time to future organising committee to implement the Games in all their dimensions. The most doubtful were also invited to follow this implementation on the field, as a lot of improvements are visible as the Games come closer.

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The question of the long-term legacy was also highlighted, as funding was sometimes not available after the Games. On this point, the important role of government was recalled, as governments can ensure that there will be a sustainable sport and physical activity legacy for a significant period of time after the Games, conducting post-Games monitoring and providing the necessary funding.

Finally, the need to introduce compulsory sport activities in school, which would definitely help sustain the legacy of a continuing sporting and physical education, was emphasised.

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3.5. sEssiON iV Developing a Culture of Peace through sport – Policy perspective

Keynote addresses

intendant general Lassana Palenfo, President, Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA)

Sport has been recognised only recently as a tool to foster peace and understanding, although it has played this role on the ground almost forever. However, despite such recognition, sport cannot be the sole recipe for sustainable peace, but can contribute by promoting core values at grassroots level. In his country, Côte d’Ivoire, judo has been used in an efficient way by the sports and public authorities as a means to educate the population. Despite the difficult situation, sport has united people beyond ethnic barriers. National football players have also joined this approach, showing how sport can unite in their campaign to deposit weapons and call for participation in the election process.

He also recognised the UN’s considerable competences, expertise and knowledge, and the work they are actively undertaking to promote sport for development and peace on a worldwide scale, and in particular at national level.

In conclusion, he called for stronger support of the development of a culture of peace through sport in the future, as it can serve as a platform for education, a tool for mobilisation, a means of strengthening individuals and communities, and a source of joy, inspiration and hope.

Dr Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez, Director, National institute of sport, El salvador

Looking at his country’s specific situation, Dr Rodríguez Jiménez indicated that El Salvador has been struggling to develop for years, due to the internal civil war, institutions’ inefficiency, institutionalised corruption, delinquency, and also because of unfortunate weather conditions and earthquakes.

In spite of everything, sport has been an opportunity to embrace a “ball” rather than a weapon for many people, and today, the government was supporting the free accessibility of sport for all, thereby enriching people’s lives and providing a means for such a poor country to embrace freedom and democracy as well as to reduce violence and crime rates. However, he called for more international investment in sport in order to make a difference.

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Panel discussion

mr Timothy Fok, President, NOC of hong Kong, China

Mr Fok recalled that sport has been at centre of some interesting political moments, such as the Ping-Pong diplomacy between China and the United States, the 2000 Olympic Games as a model for ethnical integration, and the 2008 Olympic Games, which signalled China’s readiness for a larger, positive role in international affairs and an opening to the world. The Football World Cup organised jointly by Korea and Japan was another attempt to heal wounds from the past. And overall, athletes opposing each other in a competition were not enemies, but competitors.

In the face of the intractable conflicts that occur in the world, he stressed the need for the Olympic ideal of competition in the spirit of brotherhood to be translated into a new reality.

ms Fani Palli Petralia, Vice-President, international Olympic Truce Foundation (iOTF)

She reiterated the importance of the Olympic Truce as a message of optimism which could not solve the underlying political reasons to the various conflicts of our world, but could contribute to the cessation of conflicts and offer, as in ancient times, a chance for peace initiatives.

Beyond this, the Olympic Truce – and the ideals represented by it – is a vehicle of ideas and practices for a better future, especially for today’s youngsters. Insurmountable cultural differences may suddenly look less challenging through a culture of mutual respect and aversion to violence, and the new media and communication technologies give us today an even greater opportunity to disseminate such a message of peace.

Sport, like in ancient times, offers not only spectacle but also an opportunity for peaceful co-existence among nations and people by promoting the idea of an international culture of peace.

hE mr Fred Tanner, Director of the geneva Centre for security Policy (gCsP)

HE Mr Tanner’s presentation focused on the paradox of sport. On the one hand, it is an activity where, in essence, athletes oppose each other and, as such, is similar to the conflicts society faces. Indeed, some sports are of a clearly violent nature and/or contribute to exacerbating social differences between groups or persons belonging to different countries, cultures or other dividing causes, which already exist in their respective societies.

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On the other hand, sport can add to a culture of peace as witnessed in several African countries (Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Burundi). It has been used not only as an immediate post-conflict tool for peace, but also, given its popularity and wide acceptance, as an ideal entry point for broader social change. Its power to mobilise people can be used to address other pressing societal issues, it can support the post-war reconstruction of economies and infrastructure, while gender-based sports programmes can play a vital role in empowering women and girls. Sport can also play an important role as it can not only teach children and adolescents how to wage conflict in a non-violent way, but can also be an outlet to promote dignity. Finally, sport can act as a catalyst for building national unity and identity.

mr John Clark, Chief of uNsCO Coordination unit, Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People, uN Development Programme (uNDP)

Recalling that half of the Palestinian population is very young, Mr Clark stressed that sport has the ability to unite them and educate them for a better future. Some initiatives had been implemented in this framework, to support the development of the most promising Palestinian athletes, as a way to boost national pride and also promote positive role models for young people. He also thought it critical to ensure that the benefits of sport touched the largest proportion of the population and that adequate infrastructures be made available. On this particular issue, more investment was needed to construct or rehabilitate sports facilities in the Palestinian territories. Finally, best practices and lessons learnt needed to be carefully considered and integrated into future works.

Questions & Answers

Discussions addressed several aspects of sport’s contribution to peace in various countries, and in particular on the contribution of the IOC and the Olympic Truce to this endeavour. The possible inclusion of sport in the Human Development Indexes was also raised again.

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3.6. sEssiON V Developing a Culture of Peace through sport – implementation perspective

Keynote addresses

hRh Prince Feisal Al hussein, Founder and Chairman, generations for Peace

Since its creation, the Generations for Peace Pioneer Certification Programme has been delivered to 526 youth leaders, from 46 countries and territories, across three continents, cascading its impact to 62,000 children. But beyond these positive results, he stressed that no singular best practice or approach will map onto every single conflict scenario. It was therefore necessary to conduct a careful assessment of community-based assets and needs before developing any programme in this field.

Moreover, sport is not a cure-all or panacea. As a universal language, and when used correctly, it can provide a powerful contribution to peace-building and development efforts but cannot achieve major change alone. Integration is a key factor for changing individual behaviour. To change this behaviour requires regular repetition, reinforcement and real integration of the values and educational objectives into the sports situation itself.

Finally, he argued in favour of measurement and articulation of the sports-related programmes for peace and development in order to share learning. The Generations for Peace Institute was pioneering interdisciplinary research in this field.

mr Joël Bouzou, President, Peace and sport

In his presentation, Mr Bouzou stressed the importance of mobilising role models as ambassadors for sport and peace. This was successfully achieved by the Peace and Sport initiative “Champions for Peace” with 55 athletes, gathering 68 world champion titles and more than 70 Olympic titles by themselves.

Champions are indeed “role models”, modern heroes, who can be a real source of inspiration for young people throughout the entire world. They can also be the best ambassadors for peace at a political level, contributing to changing mentalities of leaders and public authorities and often convincing them to support a project or to incorporate sport into national programmes for peace and development.

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Every athlete can get involved in many ways and according to their means and availability. In this regard, Peace and Sport gives each athlete a framework in which he or she can make a contribution to peace. To have a real impact, it provides them with specific projects that they can lead in their own way. Communication tools are also provided to facilitate the sharing of experiences and ideas.

These projects are implemented in cooperation with other members of the community – other actors from the worlds of sport, government, economic life and civil society- and also mobilise the athletes’ own networks.

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mr John Andrews, senior desk Officer for Asia & Pacific region, united Nations high Commissioner for Refugees (uNhCR)

Sport can be very useful in the refugee context as it provides an outlet for the frustrations and very difficult situations they experience in refugee camps. As most refugees come from conflict situations, it’s important not to focus on competitive sport but on fun. As they are also meant to live in a community with people they don’t know, sport is indeed an opportunity to have fun for both players and supporters.

Dr Constantinos Filis, Director, international Olympic Truce Centre (iOTC)

The Olympic Truce does not promise peace but it does offer hope and inspiration, providing a window of opportunity for dialogue leading to conflict resolution and promoting a culture of understanding, tolerance, fair play and respect for diversity.

For all these reasons, he believed that the Olympic Truce should be present not only during Olympic Games but constantly when sport is being exercised. It is important that the true values of sport are promoted through the creation of a culture of peaceful living and tolerance. Among many creative initiatives and programmes, the IOTC was about to publish a booklet gathering recommendations to peace-keepers and practitioners on how best to leverage the peace-keeping value of sport. He also stressed that the effectiveness of the implementation strategy rested on youth education, building on extensive use of social media, involvement of children and youngsters in activities and roundtable discussions.

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mr John marks, President, search for Common ground

Mr Marks presented the approach of his organisation, which used the attraction and values of sport to teach communities how to cooperate and solve their intercultural problems. This was done in particular through soap operas and radio shows portraying a fictional football team and playing out problems that occur in real life, also providing solutions and resolutions to these issues. Football was seen as a metaphor for life. In Kenya, the soap opera reached four million people a week, showing the power of combining sport with media outreach.

ms Jutta Engelhardt, head of sport and Development, swiss Academy for Development

Her presentation touched on several traditional levels of sports involvement, such as policy and management, while focusing on the dimensions related to implementation on the ground.

She recalled that peace-building is relationship-building and allows people to meet, reconcile, overcome fears and build understanding. It is necessary to create safe spaces where people lose the fear of talking about their lives and fears, where they feel comfortable. Using these spaces to implement sport is making them most effective in the process of peace-building.

She also stressed the importance of providing skills-building to people going onto the field, and in particular coaches, as it is critical to have the historical knowledge of the situation, to consider the different settings and understand the religious differences. They also need to have knowledge about conflict transformation and skills adapted to the situation. Sending a coach with non-adapted skills can cause more harm than good.

She finally advocated for more monitoring and evaluation as well as accurate accountability to donors. It is imperative to collect the right data, make them available and be prepared to ask critical questions in order to improve activities and projects in the longer run. To learn something, project leaders must see as fundamental to foster the necessary learning, the critical reflection on what is done and the necessary scale-up, because sport can make a difference.

Questions & Answers

The discussions reiterated that sport is not a panacea for all problems. However, best practices have shown that Olympic- and sports-related education could bring a positive change to communities affected by conflict. Nevertheless, it was underlined that, even if Olympic education is possible everywhere, it is not sure that education as seen in Europe can be transposed in Africa or Asia.

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The values and interest of sport as a global language were repeated, as it can assure peace, stability, prosperity and reconciliation, which are necessary nowadays in many countries.

Discussions also touched on the special situation of Palestine and the numerous initiatives which attempt, despite many difficulties and challenges, to use sports programmes to strengthen contacts with Israelis and consolidate peace.

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3.7. CLOsiNg sEssiON

Closing remarks

mr Wilfried Lemke, special Adviser to the uN secretary general on sport for Development and Peace

Mr Lemke concluded the Forum by thanking the organizers of the event, as well as the participants for their dedicated involvement, and particularly the UN Secretary-General for his participation and essential support for the work being done in the field of sport for development and peace.

For Mr Lemke, the Forum highlighted three main aspects. First, it is essential to work in close partnership and to exchange information about the relevant and at times controversial topics in an open and constructive way. This holds especially true towards projects on the ground to understand both their needs and their difficulties, and to adapt assistance to address specific requirements. In this regard, he was pleased by the offer of the Secretary General for a joint mission to the African continent together with Dr Jacques Rogge, and encouraged participants to follow this example and strengthen their efforts in cooperation.

Secondly, he stressed the importance of education. While the Forum inspired fruitful discussions he made it clear that such discussions can only be meaningful if they make a difference for the children and youth in the world. This can start with the inclusion of youth in volunteerism, as both the UN and the IOC do very actively and with great success.

Thirdly, in line with the comments of HRH Princess Haya of Jordan, he pointed out that the MDGs deadline is only four years away. He stressed that there is not a moment to lose in the effort to work together towards the deadline in 2015 and that the time for serious considerations about the steps to follow this great effort has come.

Mr Lemke concluded by saying that it is the responsibility of every participant to play a crucial role within their local community, country and on a global scale. Using the recommendations generated at the Forum he urged participants to work together in implementing them to enable and further strengthen sport as a tool for empowerment and social change.

Dr Jacques Rogge, iOC President

President Rogge ended the Forum by thanking all the organisers, speakers and participants for their attendance and involvement. He described this Forum as one of the most productive, interactive encounters between the sporting community and the United Nations in the field of sport for development and peace.

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Recalling many positive examples of close partnerships and successful projects, he reiterated the will to continue on this constructive path and to apply more resources to human development programmes, using sport as a tool to engage various participants, such as International Federations, National Olympic Committees and communities in general.

He underlined that the discussions had shown the unity of purpose and vision between the UN, the IOC, UN Member States and civil society, and that sport was now recognised as an invaluable tool for development, education, integration, gender equality and health.

This Forum had also been a milestone in the relationship between sport and political authorities, and a a great deal could be done to improve this cooperation as the Millennium Development Goal deadline was only four years away. It was now time to work hand-in-hand at national and international levels, with all the academic partners and NGOs, in order to undertake all the projects and implement what had been discussed during these two fruitful days.

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Recommendations


4. RECOmmENDATiONs

The 2nd international Forum on sport for Peace and Development was held at the United Nations office in Geneva on 10 and 11 May 2011. It was opened by the President of the International Olympic Committee, Dr Jacques Rogge; the President of the Republic of Hungary, HE Mr Pál Schmitt; and the Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr Wilfried Lemke.

The UN Secretary General, HE Mr Ban Ki-moon, addressed the Forum.

The Forum was attended by representatives of UN Member States, International Sports Federations, National Olympic Committees, the International Paralympic Committee, Organising Committees for the Olympic Games, United Nations specialised agencies and programmes, inter- and non-governmental organisations and educational institutions.

After two days of deliberations, the participants extended their appreciation to the IOC and the UN for organising the Forum, which enabled them to exchange views on promoting sustainable development and peace through sport. In the context of the importance of this Forum, the participants agreed on the following recommendations:

The Forum,Reaffirming the importance of sport as a meaningful tool for community development, peacekeeping and reconciliation,

Recalling the 2010 Millennium Summit Declaration, which recognises that sport, as a tool for education, development and peace, can promote cooperation and solidarity, tolerance, understanding, social inclusion and health, at local, national and international levels,

Reaffirming that the Olympic Movement and the United Nations share the goal to strive for the harmonious and peaceful development of society,

Noting with satisfaction the increasing number of joint endeavours of the sports movement and the United Nations system in the field of community development, education, health promotion and HIV&AIDS prevention, gender equality, environment and sustainability, humanitarian assistance, youth empowerment, as well as social integration of persons with disabilities, and thereby directly contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals,

Recognising also the increasing impact of physical inactivity on non-communicable diseases, both in developing and developed countries, and in particular among young people,

Taking into account that volunteerism is a vital component of sport and mobilises people, including athletes, to serve their communities for development and peace,

Recalling the International Year of Youth and welcoming the celebration of the Youth Olympic Games and their important contribution to educating the young generation through sport to a culture of peace, based on the principles of respect, understanding and solidarity,

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Recommendations


Recognising that the common vision of the role of sport in the service of development and peace-building is being promoted through the mandate of the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General,

Recalling that the IOC has been granted permanent Observer status by the UN General Assembly,

Mindful that sport alone cannot ensure peace or solve complex social problems,

1. Calls for major efforts to reinforce partnerships between the Olympic Movement, governments, the UN system and civil society on sport for development and peace;

2. Invites all concerned parties to strengthen the use of sport as an effective policy tool for national development and peace-building, and to mainstream it in a holistic and cross-sectoral manner to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;

3. Urges UN Member States to strengthen grassroots synergies for community support mechanisms and resource mobilisation with a view to implementing long-term, sustainable and cost-effective sports programmes;

4. Encourages governments, and particularly donor countries, as well as international organisations, to include sport in Official Development Aid, and encourages the United Nations system to include access to sport and physical education as an indicator in its human development indexes;

5. Requests governments to increase their support for the development of quality physical education and sports for all;

6. Stresses the need for closer cooperation with the business sector and international and regional financial institutions as key partners in social development and peace-building strategies;

7. Further calls for the strengthening of common evaluation and monitoring tools on the impact of sport in social and economic development and for more interdisciplinary research to develop scientific evidence and good practices in these fields;

8. Urges International Sports Federations, National Olympic Committees and other entities of the sports movement to strengthen their activities as partners for development and social change, in close cooperation with governmental institutions, the private sector, and civil society organisations;

9. Encourages International Sports Federations to organise world sports events in developing and emerging economies which can contribute to the building of a sustainable legacy for development;

10. Calls upon UN Member States to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee in its efforts to promote the Olympic Truce in the framework of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012, and to abide by it, individually and collectively; to pursue the peaceful settlement of all international conflicts, in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

geneva, 11 may 2011

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List of participants

2nd International Forum on Sport for Peace & Development Print Table of contents

5. LisT OF PARTiCiPANTs

TiTLE LAsT NAmE FiRsT NAmE COmPANY FuNCTiON COuNTRY EmAiL

Mr Abdullahi AliSomali Ministry of sports

Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Adams Mark IOCDirector, Communication Dpt

Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Adjei Adu ACRO Ghana Chairman Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Afsharzadeh BahramNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Secretary GeneralIslamic Republic of Iran

[email protected]

Mr Aggoune AzeddineFederation Algerienne de boxe

Manager Algeria [email protected]

Agra Wolanyo K. National Sports Council Chief Executive [email protected]; [email protected]

Mr Ahmad AliQatar Olympic Committee

Technical Specialist Qatar [email protected]

Dr Aján Tamás IOC Honorary Member Hungary [email protected]

Mr Akauola MataiasiPacific Islands News Association

Manager Fiji [email protected]

M. Akouala Goelot PascalFondation Jeunesse sport et paix en Afrique

Coordonnateur Congo [email protected]

HRH Al Farhan Al SaudPrince Fahad Bin Abdulaziz Al Faisal

Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee

Advisor Saudi Arabia [email protected]

HRH Al Farhan Al SaudPrince Yazeed Bin Mohammed Bin Fahad

Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee


Mr Alaoui Slimani Abdellali Entraîneur Sportif Morocco [email protected]

Mr Ali Shahid IOC Member Pakistan [email protected]

Mr Ali BanaSomali Ministry for Sport


Mr Ali Abadi MohammadNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran

PresidentIslamic Republic of Iran

[email protected]

Mr Alkaabi MubarakQatar Olympic Committee

Member Qatar [email protected]

Ms Allemeersch LaurenaWorld Health Organisation

Staff Switzerland [email protected]

Dr Alsebaie Rashed AlheraiwelSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee

Secretary General Saudi Arabia [email protected]

Dr Alwan AlaWorld Health Organisation

Assistant Director General

Switzerland

Mrs Amami Cynthia Olympic SolidarityAdministrative Assistant


Ms Amant Valérie Peace & SportHead of Communication

Monaco [email protected]

Mr Andrews JohnBureau for Asia and the Pacific – UNHCR

Senior Desk Officer [email protected]

Ms Anguera Iglesias CarmeOpen University of Catalonia

Executive Director Spain [email protected]

Ms Anikina ElenaRussian Olympic Committee

Head of Directorate for Intl Cooper

Russian Federation

[email protected]

Dr Aoued AhmedPermanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates in Geneva

Advisor Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Arene EugenioPermanent Mission of El Salvador to the UN

Deputy Permanent Representative


Mr Arguelles GermanAdidas International Training Program

Manager Spain [email protected]

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Mr Armstrong Michael UN in Geneva – OHCHR Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Asadov IsmayilPermanent Mission Azerbaijan

1st Secretary Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Asnake Wondwosen UNEP Switzerland [email protected],

Mr Aubut MarcelCanadian Olympic Committee

President Canada [email protected]

Dr Ayer Jean-MarieWorld Taekwondo Federation

Director Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Babaev MalikNational Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan

President Uzbekistan [email protected]

Dr Bach Thomas IOC Executive Board Vice-President Germany [email protected]

Ms Baddeley Margareta University of Geneva Professor Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Badiee Aliasghar Innovate in Sport Managing Director Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Baines StephenLondon Metropolitan University


Mr Baker Paul Youth With A Mission Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General Switzerland

Ms Baramia Marina IOC Head of Protocol Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Bataille Pierre PLAYABLE Director France [email protected]

Mr Battle Charles CHB Enterprises Advisor USA [email protected]

Mr Bauer HaraldInternational Workers Sports Confederation (CSIT)

President Austria [email protected]

Mr Baumann Patrick IOC Member Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Baumann Wolfgang TAFISA Secretary General Germany [email protected]

Ms Beauvais SophieAustralian Sports Commission

Director of International Relations

Australia [email protected]

Mr Begovic Marko NGO Inovativnost ConsultantRepublic of Montenegro

[email protected]

Mr Benon Tristan Université de Lausanne Student Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Bereziat Solene Annecy 2018 Advisor France [email protected]

Mr Bernardi VolkerWorld Flying Disc Federation

Executive Director Germany [email protected]

Mr Bhandari Pashupati PrasadKorfball Federation of Nepal

President Nepal [email protected]

Ms Bierer ElizabethGeneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations


Mrs Bilic DaniraCroatian Olympic Academy

Manager for the Olympic Promotion Committee

Croatia [email protected]

Mr Bin Swailem Sultan M FahadSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee


Mr Bio Régis Lémonn RégisAssociation Foot’Attitude

Chairman Côte d’Ivoire [email protected]

Dr Bitugu Bella Bello FairPlay VIDCProject Coordinator “Football for Development”

Austria [email protected]

Mr Blanco JoseDominican Republic Mission to the United Nations in NY

United States of America

[email protected]

Mrs Bohnstedt Kristina Scort Foundation Head of Projects Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Bouquot Briag Rede Globo – SporTV France [email protected]

Mr Bouzou Joël Peace & Sport President Monaco [email protected]

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Ms Braeckevelt Yasmine IOC Executive Office Personal Assistant to the President


Mr Briedis Julius VytautasNational Olympic Committee of Lithuania

Chair of Commission Culture & History

Lithuania [email protected]

Mr Brou Kablan Marius Arnaud Foot’Attitude Conseiller Technique Côte d’Ivoire [email protected]

Mr Browne Thomas

The International Platform on Sport and Development (www.sportanddev.org)

Assistant Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Brunelli Andrea University of Roma 4 Student Italy [email protected]

Mr Buchwalder Marc-Andre Scort Foundation CEO Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Burgheim Jonas

United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace


Mrs Burns Hannah IOCProject Manager – département des sports


Mr Burstow Tom UNICEF UKHead of International Inspiration


Mrs Calles Thais Willsport Co-secretary General France [email protected]

Mrs Calligaris NovellaComitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano

Italy [email protected]

Mr Cammarotta Vittorio Stop TB Partnership [email protected]

Mrs Casado Estupiñan María de la Soledad IOC Member Spain [email protected]

Mr Castillo Jaime

AISTS (International Academy of Sports Science and Technology)


Mrs Celestino Anne COHRED Assistant Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Chalat Alexandra Beyond Sport Manager Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Challen Timothy Kilimandjaro Initiative President/Founder Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Champagne Jerome Palestinian Delegation Switzerland [email protected]

Dr Chang Ung IOC Member Austria [email protected]

Prof Chappelet Jean-Loup IDHEAP Dean Switzerland [email protected]

Dr Charaf TarekQatar Olympic Committee

Director Qatar [email protected]

Mr Chernyshenko Dmitry SOCHI 2014 CEO PresidentRussian Federation

[email protected]

Mr Chhabra Swaran SinghCommonwealth Secretariat

Sport Development Advisor


Ms Chick Chloe Peaks Foundation Executive Director Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Chirchir WesleyKenya Community Sports Foundation (KESOFO)

Executive Director Kenya [email protected]

Mr Chmelar FrantisekSlovak Olympic Committee

President Slovakia [email protected]

Ms Cho HyunjooLoughborough University

Delegate Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mr Cho Yangho PyeongChang 2018 Chairman Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mr Choi Woo Suk Incheon 2014 AIGOC Secretary Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mr Clarke John

Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process

Chief – Coordination Unit

[email protected]

Ms Coca Juliette ArgenLux President Switzerland [email protected]

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Mr Collins AndreTrinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education

Vice-PresidentTrinidad and Tobago

[email protected]

Mr Corlett John University of WinnipegVice-President Academic

Canada [email protected]

Mr Corp AlexJon Tibbs Associates Ltd (JTA)

Manager Great Britain [email protected]

Sir Craven Mbe Philip IOC Member Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Csanyi ArpadPermanent Mission of Hungary to the UN

Second Secretary Switzerland [email protected]

DrDa Costa Alegre Afonso

Joao ManuelComité Olímpico de São Tomé e Príncipe

PresidentSao Tome and Principe

[email protected]

Ms Damerius Ina



Ms Danics DoraMSTT Sportinnovation Committee

Senior Advisor Hungary [email protected]

Mrs De Jong Steffi PlayAble Director France [email protected]

Mr De Kepper Christophe IOC Director General Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Deepak UjjwalChhattisgarh Motor Sports Association

Secretary General India [email protected]

H.E. Dekany AndrasPermanent Mission of Hungary to the UN

Ambassador Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Deluermoz CosimaCanton de Vaud – Service de l’Education physique et du Sport

Déléguée au sport international


Mr Dengo ManuelPermanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN

Ambassador, Permanent Representative


Mr Desprez Stephane FAI Secretary General Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Diack Lamine IOC Member Monaco [email protected]

Mr Dibba MomodouGambia National Olympic Committee

President Gambia [email protected]

Mr Dielen Tom FITA Secretary General Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Dieme FrançoiseMission Permanente du Sénégal

1ère Secrétaire [email protected]

Mrs Dippel MarijeNederlands Olympisch Comité Nederlandse Sport Federatie

Director of International Affairs

Netherlands [email protected]

Mr Djomo Tchame Charles Bienvenue

(AIPRECAS – Action Internationale pour la prévention des catastrophes et du social)

President Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Drut Guy IOC Member France [email protected]

Mr Duarte Villanova Carlos Luis RIO 2016Director of Communications

Brazil [email protected]

Mr Dugan Hugh US Mission to the UNEconomic Affairs Adviser

United States of America

[email protected]

Mr Dumon Detlef ICSSPE Executive Director Germany [email protected]

Mr Edgar Anthony IOCHead of Olympic Games Operations


Ms El Moutawakel Nawal IOC Executive Board Member Morocco [email protected]

Ms Elsom Annemarie Comic Relief Manager Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Elyazji KhaledPermanet Mission of Palestine to the UN

Head of Delegation Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Emony Mondanga Chico Canal Congo Télévision JournalisteDem. Republic of Congo

[email protected]

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Mrs Engelhardt JuttaSwiss Academy for Development

Head of Sport and Development


Mr Esperon RomainPermanent Mission of France to the UN in Geneva

Chargé de mission Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Essy AmaraInternational Olympic Truce Foundation

Member Côte d’Ivoire [email protected]

Mr Evju Bjørn Omar

Norwegian Olympic Committee and Paralympic and Confederation of Sports

Head of International development cooperation

Norway [email protected]

Mrs Fang Shiny YaUnion International de Pentathlon Moderne

DirectorPeople’s Republic of China

[email protected]

Mr Farah DuranSomali Olympic Committee

Head of International Relations


HE Farani Azevêdo Maria Nazareth Brazil Mission to the UNPermanent Representative


Prof Fasan ClémentNigeria Olympic Committee

OVEP Coordinator/Lecturer

Nigeria [email protected]

Mr Fatnassi Khaled INDC President Morocco [email protected]

Mr Fayet CyrilInternational Platform on Sport and Development


Mr Fedosov SergeyPermanent Mission of Russia

Senior Counsellor Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Ferrai Alberto Bank CoopHead of support services


Dr Filis ConstantinosInternational Olympic Truce Center

Director General Greece [email protected]

Mr Fillon Robert Mission de Monaco Ambassador Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Fillon Mathias Africa Foot Connexion Manager France [email protected]

Dr Fiora PaoloWorld Scout Bureau – World Organization of the Scout Movement

Director of Communications


Mr Fok Timothy Tsun-Ting IOC Member Hong Kong, China [email protected]

Mrs Forrest Kathryn Olympic Solidarity Project Officer Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Fradique Alexandre ManuelPermanent Mission of the Holy See to the UNOG

Member Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Fuller Nick LOCOG 2012 Head of Education Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Gabriel Essar IOCChef des JO de la Jeunesse


Mr Gaillard Jean-François FIFCS President Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Gardiner DrewYouth Employment Network (YEN)

Technical Officer Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Gasser Patrick K. UEFA Manager Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Gautier Alain CONFEJES Advisor France [email protected]

Mr Ghadami MehdiNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Vice-PresidentIslamic Republic of Iran

[email protected]

Mrs Gigliotti PaolaInternational Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)

Honorary Member in charge Human and Social Programs


Ms Girard Gabrielle UNIL Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Giulianotti Richard Durham University Academic Researcher Great Britain [email protected]

Ms Glassco Lindsay Right To Play Director Canada [email protected]

Mrs Gomez Maria IsabelOpen University of Catalonia

Manager Spain [email protected]

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Mr Goodwin Tom UK Mission to the UN First Secretary Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Gumel Habu Ahmed IOC Member Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Hadjichrysanthou AndreasPermanent mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the United nations

Permanent Representative


Mr Hammami MahmoudComité National Olympique de Tunisie

Secretary General Tunisia [email protected]

Ms Hansen Tanja MarieGlobal Education through Sport

Member Denmark [email protected]

Ms Hansen JanekeGlobal Education through Sport

Consultant Denmark [email protected]

Mr Hansen Poul


Head of Office Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Hanssens StéphaneUniversité catholique de Louvain

Belgium [email protected]

Mr Hasselgaard AndersThe Norwegian School of Sport Sciences


Mr Hayward DavidGlobal forum for Health Research

Director Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Hoevertsz Nicole IOC Member Aruba [email protected]

Mr Holliger Pascal IMBEWU – SuisseCoordinator for South-Africa, Founder


Mr Holm KaiIOC International Relations Commission

Member Spain [email protected]

Mr Holubov OleksiiPermanent Mission of Ukraine in Geneva

Counsellor Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Holze Jan ENGSO Youth Chairman Germany [email protected]

Mrs Holze KerstinGerman Gymnastic Youth Federation

President Germany [email protected]

Mr Horvath MarkPermanent Mission of Hungary to the UN



Mr Howes GeoffAustralian Sports Commission

Australia [email protected]

HRH Prince Al Hussein Feisal Generations For Peace Chairman & Founder Jordan [email protected]

HRHPrincess Haya Al Hussein

Haya IOC MemberUnited Arab Emirates

[email protected]

HRH Princess Al-Feisal Sarah Generations For Peace Managing Director Jordan [email protected]

HRHPrince Faisal Fahd Abdulaziz

Nawaf IOC Member Saudi Arabia [email protected]

Ms Hubert SeverineJon Tibbs Associates Ltd (JTA)

International Relations Director


Hon. Humado Clement KofiMinistry of Youth and Sports

Minister Ghana [email protected]

Mr Huot Alex IOC Head of Social Media Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Hybl WilliamUnited States Olympic Committee

MemberUnited States of America

[email protected]

Mr Jalloh AjibuKingstone Sports Management

Director General Gambia [email protected]

Ms Joseph VéroniqueWorld Health Organization


Mr Jrais Mohammed Sultan MSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee

Executive Assistant to the President

Saudi Arabia [email protected]

Mr Jung Jiyoung PyeongChang 2018 Director-General Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mr Kaganda Deusdedit B.Tanzania Mission to UN, Geneva


Mr Kaltschmitt Willy IOC Member Guatemala [email protected]

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Ms Kam MargieIOC Observer Mission to the United Nations

Senior AdvisorUnited States of America

[email protected]

Mr Kam Woon-anPermanent Mission of South Korea to the UN


Mr Kamiyama HiroshiPermanent Mission of Japan in Geneva

First Secretary Switzerland [email protected]

Dr Kamuthy JenoInternational Fair Play Committee

President Hungary [email protected]

Mr Karjalainen JoniOMS/WHO – World Health Organisation


Prof Kay Tess Brunel University Professor Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Keenan Will IOC Internal Auditor Switzerland [email protected]

Prof Keim Lees Marion

Interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence for Sport Science and Development ( ICESSD)

Director South Africa [email protected]

Dr Keith GilbertUniversity of East London

Professor Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Kensington Edward Olympic Solidarity Project Officer Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Khosravi Vafa MahmoudNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Vice-PresidentIslamic Republic of Iran

[email protected]

Mr Khoury Toni IOC Member Lebanon [email protected]

Mr Kidane Fekrou IAAF Consultant France [email protected]

Prof Kidd BruceCommonwealth Advisory Body on Sport

Chair Canada [email protected]

Ms Kim NamiIBU International Biathlon Union

Vice-President for Special Issues

Austria [email protected]

Mr Kim Dooil Incheon 2014 AIGOC Manager Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mr Kirkeby MogensInternational Platform for Sport and Development

Chairman Denmark [email protected]

Mr Kissick AlanInternational Diabetes Federation

Account Manager, External Relations

Belgium [email protected]

Ms Kitagawa KazumiJapan Institute of Sports Sciences

Delegate Japan [email protected]

Dr Kocijancic JanezOlympic Committee of Slovenia

President Slovenia [email protected]

Ms Koenen Katrin ICSSPE Assistant Germany [email protected]

Mr Koivu AriFinnish Sports Federation

Advisor Finland [email protected]

Ms Konttinen AnuPermanent Mission of Finland to the UN in Geneva


Mr Kouvelos IsidorosInternational Olympic Academy

President Greece [email protected]

Mr Kragholm SorenPermanent Mission Denmark



Mr Kumar SanjeevMiras International school

International education for Kazakhstani students

Kazakhstan [email protected]

Mr Kunihira Albert Africa Youth Ministries CEO Uganda [email protected]

Mr Kwon HaeryongPermanent Mission of South Korea to the UN


Mr Laflamme Jamie



Mr Lahlou Kamal HamidComité National Olympique Marocain

Vice-President Morocco [email protected]

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Mr Lama LhundubWorld Kabaddi Federation

Chairman India [email protected]

Ms Lardaruccio Chohaib Ornella IOC Project Officer Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Leal Martins Da Cunha CiroPermanent Mission of Brazil


Mrs Ledo IsabelaTechnical University Delft


Mr Lee Joo-ilPermanent Mission of South Korea to the UN

1st Secretary Switzerland [email protected]

Mrs Lee Young SookKorean Olympic Committee

Mr Lemke Wilfried United Nations Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace


Ms Lemoine Coutinho Janaina Willsport Director France [email protected]

Mr Lenglet Olivier CNOSF Director France [email protected]

Mr Licona Dante GCSP Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Lijfering SiriVrije Universiteit Amsterdam


Mr Lizano NormanPermanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN

Conseiller du Ministre Switzerland [email protected]

H.E. Lopez Byron Fernando LariosPermanent Mission of El Salvador to the UN


Dr Louw CoraUniversity Of Johannesburg

South Africa [email protected]

Ms Lunzenfichter Marie IOCStagiaire, International Cooperation Dpt


Ms Lye Debbie UK SportDirector of International Development


Dr Maglione Rabela Julio César IOC Member Uruguay [email protected]

Mr Maitre GuyFederation Internationale de Motocyclisme

Director General Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Makumbe EustuceAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences


Mrs Mamon DeliaGrains of Peace / Graines de Paix


Mr Manly Noah NEM Consulting Consultant Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Marks JohnSearch for Common Ground

PresidentUnited States of America

[email protected]

Mr Marschel Peter Right To Play Director Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Mascagni Katia IOCSenior Manager, International Cooperation Dpt


Ms Mayise SontoUniversidad Europea de Madrid

Spain [email protected]

Mr Mbayu Felix CNOSC Consultant Cameroon [email protected]

Ms Mccoll Kathryn LOCOG 2012 Education Manager Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Mccullough ErskineEuropean Olympic Committees

Advisor to the President

France [email protected]

Mr Mcwhinney Michael Canadian HeritageManager, International Sport for Development


Dr Mennel Peter Innsbruck 2012 Secretary General Austria [email protected]

Mrs Merkel-Grafarend Katrin DOSBHead of International Relations

Germany [email protected]

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Mr Merlo GianniInternational Sports Press Association (AIPS)

President Italy [email protected]

Mr Messner NicolasInternational Judo Federation



Mr Meyer JérômeInternational Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)

Sport Manager Italy [email protected]

Mr Middleton ChristopherSwiss Academy for Development (SAD)

Project Manager Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Midy Marie-Anne European Athletics Consultant Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Minsier YannickPermanent Mission Belgium

Secretary of Embassy Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Mitchell Andrew IOCMedia Relations Manager, Communication Dpt


Ms Moillen Catherine IOC Expert Switzerland

Mr Mollard Damien IOCProjects Assistant, Sport Dpt


Mr MometMathurin Constant Nestor

Quotidien Indépendant Le Confident

directeur de publication

République Centrafricaine

Mr Moon Hee JongKorean Olympic Committee

Executive Director Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mr Moratti Davide Comitato Balon Mundial President Italy [email protected]

Ms Moreau Emmanuelle IOC Head of Media Relations, Communication Dpt


Mr Morozov AlexeyRussian Olympic Committee

President’s Assistant Russia [email protected]

Mrs Morris RoslynInternational Sports Press Association (AIPS)

Secretary General Australia [email protected]

Mr Mottaz StephaneInternational Fencing Federation

Manager Switzerland [email protected]

Mrs Moulin Delphine Annecy 2018 Consultant France [email protected]

Ms Mouridsen MajbritGlobal Education through Sport

Chairwoman Denmark [email protected]

Mr Mungal Mark

Trinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education (TTASPE)

PresidentTrinidad and Tobago

[email protected]

Mr Nahayo DariusComité National Olympique du Burundi

Treasurer Burundi [email protected]

Mr Naish Jacob

Chelsea School of Sport and Leisure Cultures, Brighton University

Staff Great Britain [email protected]

H.E. Dr Najafbayli MuradPermanent Mission Azerbaijan


Ms Nakamura HiromiJapan Institute of Sports Sciences, NAASH

Japan [email protected]

Ms Narbel Marie Joelle IOC

Project Officer, International Cooperation & Development Dpt


H.E Nee-Whang EllenPermanent Mission of Ghana to the UN


Mr Niamkey Olivier Louis Olympic Solidarity Senion Manager Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Niyonizigiye Dominique IOC

Project Officer, International Cooperation & Development Dpt


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Ms Noftsinger Sarah KateElite Clubs National League, LLC

Executive DirectorUnited States of America

[email protected]

Mr Nuzman Carlos Arthur IOC Member Brazil [email protected]

Ms Nyarko HannahGhana Permanent Mission to the UN

Minister-Counsellor Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Okeya ToshiyukiJigoro Kano Memorial Intl Sport Institute

Research Manager Japan [email protected]

Mr Oosthuizen GertMinistry of Sport and Recreation, South Africa

Deputy Minister South Africa [email protected]

Mr Packer Ignacio Terre des hommes Director of Programmes


Mr Palenfo Lassana Yikire IOC Member France [email protected]

Mrs Palli-Petralia FaniInternational Olympic Truce Foundation

Vice-President Greece [email protected]

Mrs Pallis TheodoraInternational Olympic Truce Centre

Deputy Director Greece [email protected]

Ms Pansier BénedicteInternational Diabetes Federation


H.E Park Sang-kiPermanent Mission of South Korea to the UN


Mr Park Yang ChunKorean Olympic Committee

Secretary General Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mr Park Yong-SungIOC International Relations Commission

Member Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mrs Parker Julie IOC Project Officer, DG Office


Mrs Patthey Mien TjeWorld Health Organisation


Mrs Paule Tove

Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Honorary President Norway [email protected]

Mr Peclet Vincent Université de Lausanne Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Perret Guillaume APACOM Manager Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Perurena JoséFédération Internationale de Canoë


Mr Pescante Mario IOC Executive Board Vice-President Italy [email protected]

Mr Peters EnricoOffice of the Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation

South Africa [email protected]

Dr Petry KarenGerman Sport University Cologne


Dr Piccolrovazzi Nicoletta Dow Europe GmbH Director Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Pink Nick UK SportInternational Development Senior Adviser


Mr Pinto Alessandro UNICEF, Celebrity Unit Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Poivey Jerome IOCSenior Manager, NOC Relations Dpt


Mrs Poll SylviaPermanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN



Mss Poltier-Mutal Aziyadé UNDP Geneva [email protected]

Mr Porter DonInternational Softball Federation

President USA [email protected]

Mr Powar Piara FARE Network Executive Director Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Probst Iii Lawrence USOC CEOUnited States of America

[email protected]

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Ms Puig Brandes Nuria IOCManager; Information Management Dpt


Ms Radhi MunaPermanent Mission Bahrain

Charge d’affaires a.i. Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Rah Seung Yun PyeongChang 2018 Director Republic of Korea [email protected]

Mr Rahaman Tuan Bagus Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. Journalist Sri Lanka [email protected]

Mr Rajoub Djibril Palestine Mission Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Rbeiz Georges R.Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee

Consultant Saudi Arabia [email protected]

Dr Re Tania SimonaBalon Mundial Committee


Mr Ribeiro Wadson Nathaniel Government of Brazil Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Ritschard KunoIWSF International Water Ski Federation


Mr Rizzoli RomoloCMSB Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules

President Italy [email protected]

Mr Robertson HughMinistry for Sport and Olympics

Minister Great Britain

Ms Rodrigues FrancesMozambique Mission to the UN

Permanent Representative


Mr Rodriguez Alvarez Jose AlfonsoUniversidad Iberoamericana Mexico

Consultant Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Rodríguez Jiménez Jaime Alberto INDES President El Salvador [email protected]

Mr Rogge Jacques IOC President Switzerland [email protected]

Mrs Rothier Bianca Rede Globo – SporTV Switzerland [email protected]

H.E Mr Roux FrançoisPermanent Mission Belgium


Mr Rwabusaza ThierryComité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda

Rwanda [email protected]

Ms Rydvan Darya Belarus State University Belarus [email protected]

Mr Sadr Hamid RezaSaipa Cultural and Sport Company

Sport ConsultantIslamic Republic of Iran

[email protected]

Mr Sahoo SubratDepartment of Sports, Govt of Chhattisgarh India

Secretary India [email protected]

Ms Saito Asami Annecy 2018 Assistant to CEO France [email protected]

Mrs Sanyu Sharifah NOC of UgandaExecutive Member, chairperson, women & sports commission

Uganda [email protected]

Mr Scharlowski BorisDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit


Mr Schiotz Jan EirikInternational Judo Federation

Director Judo for Peace Commission


Mr Schlachtenberger GeorgInternational Paralympic Committee

Chief Operating Officer Germany [email protected]

Mr Schlichtig JakobAMANDLA EduFootball e.V.

Manager Germany [email protected]

Mr Schmitt Pál Government of Hungary Head of State Hungary

Dr Schormann KlausUnion Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne

President Germany [email protected]

HE Seck FodéMission Permanente du Sénégal

Représentant Permanent


Dr Segu Estruch Marta IP4GLOBAL Director General Spain [email protected]

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Mr Sehaibani Mohammed SalehSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee

Technical Affairs CEO Saudi Arabia [email protected]

Ms Selvararju Usha

International Platform on Sport and Development – www.sportanddev.org


Mr Sepehr Sobhani KhalilSaipa Cultural and Sport Company

Deputy DirectorIslamic Republic of Iran

[email protected]

Mrs Sesay HannahKingstone Sports Management

Human Resources Director

Gambia [email protected]

Prof Shahid Shakeel Ahmad SPEO Pakistan Organiser Pakistan [email protected]

Ms Shen Yi-Ting Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee

Advisor Chinese Taipei [email protected]

Mr Shrivastava Vishnu KumarChhattisgarh Olympic Association

Treasurer India [email protected]

Mr Shropshire KennethWharton School, University of Pennsylvania

ConsultantUnited States of America

[email protected]

Mr Sidi Mammar Malek TaharDirection de la Jeunesse et des sports

Manager Algeria [email protected]

Mr Sijtsma Wietze SPORACCORD Assistant Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Singh Jagbir Sports Wing Consultant India [email protected]

Mr Sithole Thomas Amos Ganda IOC Director, International Cooperation & Development Dpt


Mr Skvor Raphael Africa Foot Connexion Member France [email protected]

Mr Slama Ramzi FIFCS Secretary General Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Smirnov Vitaly IOC MemberRussian Federation

[email protected]

Mr Smith PeterKingstone Sports Management

Sports Promoter Gambia [email protected]

Ms Solanes Claudia Individual Switzerland [email protected]

Ms Soppi Kotto MadeleineComité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun

Chef département communication

Cameroon [email protected]

Mrs Stikovac Clark Jadranka Generations For Peace Development Director Jordan [email protected]

Mr Stoltenberg ThorvaldInternational Olympic Truce Foundation

Member Norway [email protected]

Mr Stormark KarePermanent Mission of Norway to the UN



Mr Suganuma KenichiPermanent Mission of Japan in Geneva


Dr Sugden John University of Brighton Great Britain [email protected]

Mr Swann Patrick Air Canada Canada [email protected]

Mrs Szewinska Irena IOC Member Poland [email protected]

Mr Taghavi MojtabaSaipa Cultural and Sport Company

Football ConsultantIslamic Republic of Iran

[email protected]

Prof Talbot MargaretICSSPE, Margaret Talbot Consulting

President Great Britain [email protected]

He Tanner Fred Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Director Switzerland

Mr Tardy Antoine



Mr Taumoepeau Siosifa Takitoa

Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee

Secretary General Tonga [email protected]

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Mr Teboul Frederic Peace & Sport Director Monaco [email protected]

Mrs Terpstra Erica G.International Olympic Truce Foundation

Member Netherlands [email protected]

Mr Teymurov EminPermanent Mission Azerbaijan

Attache Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Thadeo LeonardMinistry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports

Director of SportsUnited Republic of Tanzania

[email protected]

Mr Tharakan Steve Scort Foundation Development Manager Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Tibbs JonJon Tibbs Associates Ltd (JTA)

CEO and Founder Great Britain [email protected]

Dr Tinazci Cevdet Near East UniversityHead Of Physical Education and Sports Department

Cyprus [email protected]

Dr Tognon Jacopo University of Padova Advisor Italy [email protected]

Mrs Tonge Sandrine IOC Media Relations Manager, Communication Dpt


Ms Toroskainen Kaisa

Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva


Mr Torrecillas LaurentWorld University Service of Canada

Director Canada [email protected]

Mr Trautwein Menno architecture master Student Netherlands [email protected]

Mr Tröster AchimPermanent Mission of Germany to the UN


Mrs Urbaez Katherine

Misión Permanente de la República Dominicana ante la Organización de las Naciones Unidas y otros organismos internacionales

[email protected]

Ms Valdueza Iglesias Virginia NGO Management Consultant Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Vasiliev VictorPermanent Mission of Russia



Mr Vasquez Alfaro Ruben Eduviges INDES Executive Director El Salvador [email protected]

Dr Vasquez Ruben EduvigesNational Institute of Sport of El Salvador

Director General Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Vedovatti Marco Université de Genève Assistant Doctorant Switzerland [email protected]

Mrs Velez Fraga ClaraFAO-Food&Agriculture Organization of the United Nations



Mr Verleger Joern Olympisches Feuer Germany [email protected]

Mrs Verleger Tina Olympisches Feuer Germany [email protected]

Mrs Veum Anja RynningNorwegian Olympic Committee

Director Norway [email protected]

Ms Vipond Pamela Olympic Solidarity Deputy Director Switzerland [email protected]

Mr Wachter Kurt VIDC Project Coordinator Austria [email protected]

Ms Wallace LisaCanadian Olympic Committee

Manager, Education, Youth and Community Outreach


Ms Walli Nimtaz Noordin IOCMedia Relations Coordinator, Communication Dpt


Mrs Warner Britta IOCPublic Affairs Communication Manager


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Mr Weinberg BenGerman Sport University Cologne

Assistant Germany [email protected]

Ms White DeirdeCDC Development Solutions

President & CEOUnited States of America

[email protected]

Ms Wilson LizDepartment for Culture Media Sport

Private Secretary Great Britain

Mrs Witt Katarina Munich 2018 Chairwoman Germany [email protected]

Mr Wolff Eli Brown University DirectorUnited States of America

[email protected]

Mr Xuza Thamsanqa Goodman Channel Africa Radio Journalist South Africa [email protected]

Mrs Yagodin DesislavaInternational Workers Sports Federation (CSIT)

Vice-President Bulgaria [email protected]

Mr Yamaguchi Taku NGO Hearts of Gold Executive Director Japan [email protected]

Dr Yamamoto Ya-Ya MayumiJapan Anti-Doping Agency

Manager Japan [email protected]

Mr Zadourian VatcheLebanese Olympic Committee

Member Lebanon [email protected]

Mrs Zapata Vila MariaUNICEF – Comite de Catalunya

Advisor Spain [email protected]

Mr Zech FlorianAMANDLA EduFootball e.V.

Managing Director South Africa [email protected]

Mr Zeynalli AkramPermanent Mission Azerbaijan


Mr Zhukov AlexanderGovernment of the Russian Federation

Deputy Prime MinisterRussian Federation

Mr Zuhairi ImadMission of Palestine to the UN in Geneva


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