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United Nations Games

A/RES/78/325View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 11 Sport for development and peace : building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal, published in 2023.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Subprogramme 2Inclusive social development59—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject
Sports

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Commends the efforts and contribution of Australia, El Salvador, India, Kazakhstan, Qatar and Turkmenistan in organizing the inaugural United Nations Games;
2
Recognizes the potential of the United Nations Games to serve as a sports diplomacy platform for cultivating sport culture and promoting sport as a tool for development and peace;
3
Calls for the convening of the United Nations Games annually, in venues accessible to representatives of all Member States of the United Nations, members of the specialized agencies and observers of the General Assembly, and of the Second United Nations Games in New York in April 2025, and encourages all delegations to support the organization of these Games, in collaboration with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat;
4
Invites the five regional groups to nominate their candidates, one from each regional group, for the organizing committee of the Second United Nations Games in a timely fashion, so that they can participate in the first meeting of the committee on an informal basis in New York in January 2025;
5
Invites all relevant stakeholders to make voluntary contributions to a trust fund dedicated to the United Nations Games and to provide other forms of support for their observance;
6
Stresses that the costs of all the activities that may arise from the implementation of the present resolution should be met through voluntary contributions to the trust fund of the United Nations Games, including from the private sector;
7
Requests the organizing committee of the Second United Nations Games, in collaboration with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, to collect feedback from all Member States of the United Nations, members of the specialized agencies and observers of the General Assembly on the inaugural United Nations Games in the form of an informal summary to incorporate lessons learned into the planning of future Games;
8
Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States and organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders.

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Subprogramme 2Inclusive social development59

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.