United Nations Mandate Source RegistryBeta Version
UN Secretariat MandatesUN System Mandates
United Nations (opens in new tab)
(opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab)
Donate (opens in new tab)
  • A-Z Site Index (opens in new tab)
  • Contact (opens in new tab)
  • Copyright (opens in new tab)
  • FAQ (opens in new tab)
  • Fraud Alert (opens in new tab)
  • Privacy Notice (opens in new tab)
  • Terms of Use (opens in new tab)

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

A/RES/61/10No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 49Sport for peace and development, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2003–2017
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/71/160
  • 2017A/RES/71/160Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peaceLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2014A/RES/69/6Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peaceCompare with previous version
  • 2012A/RES/67/17Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peaceCompare with previous version
  • 2010A/RES/65/4Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peaceCompare with previous version
  • 2009A/RES/63/135Sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peaceCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

20 topics
Appointment of OfficialsAthletesCapacity BuildingCooperation Between OrganizationsDevelopmentDrug DependenceEducation for PeaceEmpowermentGender MainstreamingInternational CooperationPartnershipPhysical EducationProgramme ImplementationProgrammes of ActionPublic InformationReport PreparationResources MobilizationSocial InteractionSportsSports Facilities

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2007.

  • 2007A/62/325Sport for development and peace progress and prospects : report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

13 operative paragraphs
1
Appreciates the appointment of sports celebrities as spokespersons and Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations, representing the positive values of sport;
2
Encourages the strengthening of cooperation with the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, sports organizations and other partners of the world of sport;
3
Invites Member States, the United Nations system, including the governing bodies of the United Nations agencies, sport-related organizations, the media, civil society and the private sector to collaborate to promote greater awareness and action to foster peace and accelerate the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals through sport-based initiatives and to promote the integration of sport for development and peace in the development agenda, by working along the following points, adapted from the Action Plan included in the report of the Secretary-General:1
a
Further develop a global framework to strengthen a common vision, define priorities and further raise awareness to promote and mainstream sport for development and peace policies that are easily replicable;
b
Promote and support the integration and mainstreaming of sport for development and peace in development programmes and policies;
c
Promote innovative funding mechanisms and multi-stakeholder arrangements on all levels, on a voluntary basis, including the engagement of sports organizations, civil society, athletes and the private sector;
d
Promote common evaluation and monitoring tools, indicators and benchmarks based on commonly agreed standards;
4
Invites Member States to initiate sports programmes to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women;
5
Invites Governments and international sports organizations to assist developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, in their capacity-building efforts in sport and physical education, by providing national experiences and best practices, as well as financial, technical and logistic resources for the development of sports programmes;
6
Encourages Member States to ratify the International Convention Against Doping in Sport;
7
Encourages the Secretary-General to maintain the mandate of Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace and to provide guidance on the institutional future of sport for development and peace within the United Nations system;
8
Invites Member States to provide voluntary contributions to ensure adequate execution of and follow-up to the activities being implemented by the Office of Sport for Development and Peace in Geneva and in New York;
9
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution and on progress at the national, regional and international levels to encourage policies and best practices related to sport for development and peace, under the item entitled “Sport for peace and development”.

iParagraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

Table of contents

No headings found in this document.