A World of Sports Free From Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

Urges States, in partnership with national, regional and international sports federations and organizations, including grass-roots organizations, to develop and finance awareness-raising campaigns for preventing and combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sport;

Invites States to consider including in their national reports, to be submitted to the Human Rights Council under the universal periodic review mechanism, information on measures to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sports and to promote sports as a tool to combat all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Encourages States to share experience and best practices in fighting all forms of racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sport and in promoting integration and intercultural dialogue in and through sport;

Requests the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to continue its work on sports and racism and to build on previous discussions and recommendations;

Invites host countries of major sporting events, including the biggest and most impactful mega events, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, relevant parts of the United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, the International Federation of Association Football and other relevant international sporting bodies to seize the opportunity offered by major sports events to develop concrete measures to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including through campaigns aimed at sensitizing a wide public on the eradication of these scourges;

Invites the High Commissioner to cooperate with relevant parts of the United Nations Organization, the International Olympic Committee, the International Federation of Association Football and other relevant international, regional and national sports associations and federations, and in collaboration with various actors, including civil society, to develop measures and programmes to contribute to the prevention and eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in and through sports and sports events;

Requests the High Commissioner and other relevant parts of the United Nations Organization to support the development and implementation of practical measures and policies with international sporting bodies aimed at combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sport, including the development and promotion of codes of conduct against racism in sport for clubs and sports associations cooperating with programmes aimed at combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, as well as discrimination based on religion and belief, in and through sports;

Calls upon States, the United Nations Organization and sport-related institutions to help to initiate and assist in the implementation of grass-roots initiatives aimed at combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sports, and invites the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, jointly with the Office of the High Commissioner, where appropriate, to coordinate and facilitate the engagement of respective stakeholders;

Requests the High Commissioner to organize regional consultations with States, sport associations, federations and civil society organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities, with a view to identify ways to strengthen national and local actions to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in and through sport;

Also requests the High Commissioner to present to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-seventh session an oral update on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution, and a report thereon to the Council at its sixtieth session.