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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

Due to its vast reach,  unparalleled popularity and foundation of positive values, sport is ideally  positioned to contribute towards the United Nations’ objectives for  development and peace. In  the Declaration of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sport’s role for social  progress is further acknowledged:

« Sport is also an important enabler of sustainable  development. We recognize the growing contribution of sport to the realization of development and peace in its promotion of  tolerance and respect and the contributions it makes to the empowerment of  women and of young people, individuals and communities as well as to health,  education and social inclusion objectives. »

To raise awareness of this potential,  6 April was declared as the International Day of Sport for Development and  Peace (IDSDP) by the UN General Assembly. The adoption of this Day signifies  the increasing recognition by the United Nations of the positive influence that  sport can have on the advancement of human rights, and social and economic  development.

In its Resolution (A/RES/67/296) establishing the Day, the  General Assembly “invites States, the United Nations system and, in  particular, the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace,  relevant international organizations, and international, regional and national  sport organisations, civil society including, non-governmental organizations  and the private sector, and all other relevant stakeholders to cooperate,  observe and raise awareness of the International Day of Sport for Development  and Peace.”

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