On Monday 3rd December, the United Nations General Assembly in New York approved the resolution regarding “Sport as an enabler for Sustainable Development”. It reaffirms the universality of sport and its use to foster peace and sustainable development.
Peace and Sport is pleased that the Member States took note with appreciation of the 2018 report of the Secretary-General entitled “Strengthening the global framework for leveraging sport for development and peace”. In this report, the UN Secretary General quoted Peace and Sport and the Sport Simple Solutions, defining it as a “peace-specific initiatives aimed at promoting reconciliation among communities in conflict”.
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