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Building a Peaceful and Better World Through Sport and the Olympic Ideal

A/RES/74/16No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 11Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 1997–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/8
  • 2025A/RES/80/8Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic idealLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/78/10Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic idealCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/76/13Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic idealCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/74/16Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic idealCompare with previous version
  • 2017A/RES/72/6Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic idealCompare with previous version

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
DevelopmentOlympic GamesParalympic GamesPeaceSports

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
1
Urges Member States to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively, within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations, throughout the period from the seventh day before the start of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad until the seventh day following the end of the XVI Paralympic Games, to be held in Tokyo in 2020, in particular, to ensure the safe passage, access and participation of athletes, officials and all other accredited persons taking part in the Games of the Olympiad and the Paralympic Games, and to contribute through other appropriate measures to the safe organization of the Games;
2
Underlines the importance of cooperation among Member States to collectively implement the values of the Olympic Truce around the world, and emphasizes the important role of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the United Nations in this regard;
3
Welcomes the work of the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee, as well as the International Olympic Truce Foundation and the International Olympic Truce Centre, in mobilizing national and international sports federations and organizations, National Olympic and Paralympic Committees and associations of these organizations to take concrete actions at the local, national, regional and international levels to promote and strengthen a culture of peace based on the spirit of the Olympic Truce, and invites those organizations and national committees to cooperate and share information and best practices, as appropriate;
4
Also welcomes the leadership of Olympic and Paralympic athletes in promoting peace and human understanding through sport and the Olympic ideal;
5
Calls upon all Member States to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee in their efforts to use sport as a tool to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games;
6
Recognizes that sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games can be used to promote human rights and strengthen universal respect for such rights, thus contributing to their full realization;
7
Welcomes the cooperation among Member States, the United Nations and the specialized agencies, funds and programmes, and the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee, to maximize the potential of sport to make a meaningful and sustainable contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,3 and encourages the Olympic and Paralympic Movements to work closely with national and international sports organizations on the use of sport to this end;
8
Requests the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly to promote the observance of the Olympic Truce among Member States and support for human development initiatives through sport and to continue to cooperate effectively with the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the sporting community in general in the realization of those objectives;
9
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session the sub-item entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” of the item entitled “Sport for development and peace” and to consider the sub-item before the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and the XIII Paralympic Winter Games, to be held in Beijing in 2022.

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