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International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2016 - Video Message by Wilfried Lemke UNOSDP 2016-03-30 | On the occasion of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on April 6, 2016, the UN Special Adviser on Sport Wilfried Lemke calls for united action towards the Sustainable Development Goals through sport.
2016 IDSDP - Lets Play for the Sustainable Development Goals UNOSDP 2016-03-09 | In the run-up to the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on April 6 the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is launching our digital campaign, "Let's Play for the Sustainable and Development Goals"To celebrate this special occasion, we focus on the important role of sport as an enabler of sustainable development, as recognised in the newly adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). You can learn more about sport and the SDGs at: http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/sport/sportandsdgsVideos' credits: UNOSDP Youth Leadership Programme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja3ns...Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.Source : http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...Artiste : __url_artiste__
UNOSDP Youth Leadership Programme: Empowering the Future of Sport for Development UNOSDP 2015-08-11 | Around the world, many highly motivated youth work tirelessly to support their communities through Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) projects. Most of these young people have only very basic education levels and limited resources with which to carry out their projects. Thus, the idea of a “Youth Leadership Programme” was conceived and implemented by the UN Office on Sport for Development and Peace in order to support such youth, give them access to theoretical and practical training needed to improve their projects and help develop their leadership skills. Learn more about the UNOSDP Youth Leadership Programme: http://ow.ly/PQhYd
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: Women Win UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest. Adolescent girls and young women are powerful agents of change; when a girl is empowered and given a chance, she will grow into a strong leader. By partnering with and strengthening locally based community organisations, by developing curricula and guidelines, and by building effective measurement and evaluation systems, Women Win focuses on creating the tools that support girls to reach their potential.The organisation uses sport to offer girls opportunities to develop skills and knowledge that translate into life off the field – how to assert herself, use her voice, make decisions, and call the shots. Since 2007, Women Win has provided support for 1.24 million adolescent girls and young women in 33 countries across the globe.Learn more about Women Win: www.womenwin.org
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: Terre des Hommes UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest. Children Win project was launched by Terre des hommes to collect evidence and increase awareness on direct and indirect effects of Mega Sporting Events and their potential to mitigate risks and enhance opportunities for children.The project's long-term mission is to ensure child protection becomes a standard component of any bid and contract with countries or cities hosting future sporting events. To do so, it calls for a united effort of major sport-related bodies, host countries, sponsors, organizing committees and civil society.Learn more about Children Win project: www.childrenwin.org
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: Shooting Touch UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest. Shooting Touch is a basketball-based organisation whose mission is to extend opportunities for health education and social development to youth in under-resourced parts of the world.In 2011, Shooting Touch put programme roots down in Rwanda where it has been targeting boys and girls aged 8-18 in five rural villages with a duel on/off court curriculum.The programme aims to mobilize youth and introduce them to the game on-court, while connecting them with the education and resources that will prepare them for the environmental, infrastructural and social barriers faced off the court and in their lives.Learn more about Shooting Touch: www.shootingtouch.com
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: SALT Academy UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest. For girls to play football in Cambodia means to throw a serious challenge to the traditional image of a Khmer woman. However, more and more females prove they can succeed in this male-dominated sport, becoming role models for younger girls in their communities and introducing them to alternative life options.SALT Academy’s “Mighty Girls” programme aims to develop female leaders of tomorrow through a sustainable community-based football league, incorporating life skills lessons, vocational training and community engagement.It started in 2010 and has become larger every year. Today, more than 20 girls, aged 12-20, receive special support in both education and football. Extra English and Computer classes are just a small amount of support given to the Mighty Girls.Learn more about SALT Academy - Cambodia: www.saltacademy.net
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: Netball Victoria UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest. In this video, Netball Victoria shines the spotlight on its Drouin All Abilities project – a specific regional program which provides individuals with both physical and intellectual disabilities an opportunity to play sport, keep fit and socialize. It involves weekly delivery of netball clinics, coupled with friendly, non-competitive sporting activity.Over the 4 years of its existence, the project has seen many individuals with a disability participate in organised sport, with current total estimates sitting at more than 100 participants.Learn more about Netball Victoria and its “All Ability Netball“ programme: www.vic.netball.com.au/get-involved/netballforall/all-ability-netball
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: love.fútbol UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest.love.fútbol creates community soccer fields that act as catalysts for sustainable social change.The low-resource, high-impact fields become safe and dependable outlets for underprivileged youth to play, and act as hubs for social programs.Currently, the organisation’s main beneficiaries are impoverished communities within Central and South America. Since 2006, love.fútbol local community leaders have dedicated an average of 2,000 hours of volunteer time and effort per project, benefiting over 16,000 young people in Guatemala and Brazil.Learn more about love.fútbol: www.lovefutbol.org
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: Grupo Internacional de Paz UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest.Grupo Internacional de Paz (GIP) runs its projects in a number of violence-affected communities in Colombia, helping children and adolescents develop life skills which would make them more resilient to the threats of the environment.This is achieved through the game of baseball, by drawing analogies between behaviour on the field and in everyday life situations.Today GIP has 510 beneficiaries in 7 municipalities of Colombia.Learn more about Grupo Internacional de Paz y Desarrollo: www.gipcolombia.org
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: Football Club Social Alliance UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest.The Football Club Social Alliance unites professional European football clubs to inspire and empower young leaders in crisis-hit and developing regions of Asia, Africa and Europe to act as role models for the youngest and most vulnerable in their local communities.To date, 279 young women and men, 18 to 25 years of age, have been trained to become Young Coaches, providing them with the skills and know-how to conduct their own activities for disadvantaged children. They are both football coaches and multipliers of the newly acquired knowledge, which they now pass on to the younger generation.Learn more about The Football Club Social Alliance: www.football-alliance.org
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: Football Beyond Borders UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest.Football Beyond Borders work with a community of disengaged young people aged between 11 and 21 from disadvantaged areas and schools in London, who are passionate about football but are underachieving in class. The programmes focus on improving school attendance, behaviour and attitude to studies, and use football as a tool to ignite interest in learning.Recently, Football Beyond Borders have set up a youth-led YouTube channel, #FBBTV, run by the participants in co-production with experienced industry professionals! Check it out and subscribe here: www.youtube.com/FBeyondBordersLearn more about Football Beyond Borders: www.footballbeyondborders.org
2015 IDSDP Video Contest: ACAKORO Football UNOSDP 2015-04-02 | The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is pleased to announce the top 10 entries of the 2015 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Video Contest.ACAKORO Football Academy was founded to create opportunities for the children of Nairobi's Korogocho slum through sport and academic education. The Academy nurtures Kenya's future football stars and teaches the children to apply the values of the sport in their daily life: to solve their problems without using violence, to respect each other and “play" fair, to treat everyone equal and put in effort to reach their goals. As ACAKORO's motto goes, “Not everyone will become a professional player, but everyone will benefit”.Learn more about the Academy: www.hopeforfuture.at/acakoro
2nd International Day of Sport for Development and Peace - Video Message by Wilfried Lemke UNOSDP 2015-03-06 | With just one month to go until the 2nd International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, the UN Special Adviser on Sport Wilfried Lemke calls for united action towards sustainable development for all through sport.
UN Secretary-General Message International Day of Sport for Development and Peace UNOSDP 2014-04-04 | UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's video message to recognisethe first International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, 6 April 2014.
2012 11 28 radio interview Luís Figo promotes sport for social development UNOSDP 2012-12-05 | Football legend Luís Figo is scoring a goal for children worldwide. The celebrated player from Portugal, who retired in 2009, is at the United Nations on Wednesday to raise awareness of the importance that football plays in young people's lives.Luis Figo is part of the Inter Campus initiative, a non-profit social project funded and run by Inter Milan Football Club that is active in 24 countries.The project will launch a new partnership with the UN Office on Sport for Development and will open its 25th campus in Tunisia together.Monica Villela Grayley caught up with Luís Figo ahead of the launch.Duration: 1'27″
2012-11-28_UN Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke attends the Inter Campus Press Conference UNOSDP 2012-12-05 | Soccer stars Luis Figo and Francesco Toldo were at the United Nations for the launch of a new partnership between the world body and the charitable organization Inter Campus, which the Italian soccer team Internazionale Milano (Inter Milan) runs to help disadvantaged youth.The retired players spoke of their involvement in the charity, which is currently helping 10,000 children in need in 25 countries worldwide with its soccer-based social and cooperation programmes -- and will open a campus in Tunisia with the UN Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP).Read more: http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/newsandevents/news/template/news_item.jsp?cid=37606
Cricket players go out to bat for HIV awareness UNOSDP 2012-10-24 | Source: UNAIDS) -- World cricket players have united in a call to young fans to 'get the facts' about HIV prevention and to help eliminate AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. The call is part of a United Nations and International Cricket Council (ICC) HIV awareness-raising campaign taking place alongside the ICC World Twenty20 (WT20) tournament in Sri Lanka, which runs until 7 October.Rallying support for the campaign known as 'Think Wise'—an initiative of the ICC, UNAIDS and UNICEF— players from the South African Cricket team interacted with young people living with and affected by HIV in Colombo on 26 September.More info at http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/newsandevents/news/template/news_item.jsp?cid=36829
Great Lakes Peace Cup UNOSDP 2012-10-08 | Football players from across East and Central Africa will gather in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on September 21 and 22 to take part in the finals of the Great Lakes Peace Cup, a tournament organized to help former combatants -- many of them abducted child soldiers -- become part of their communities through the unifying power of sport.Throughout the spring and summer of 2012, teams across Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda played for national Peace Cup titles. The winning teams from the four countries will meet and compete on the weekend of International Peace Day (September 21) to win the title of Great Lakes Peace Cup champion.Ugandan Minister of Water and the Environment, Betty Bigombe, said playing football is "something that they enjoy doing rather than sitting in a classroom being told to reconcile" and these former combatants "are probably going to socialize more and more and talk about the game they have had."The Great Lakes Peace Cup aims to break down barriers and prejudice left by years of conflict. Each team consists roughly of half former combatants and half community members. Louis Emmanuel Oloyotoo Okello, a player for Kampala's Winterbury FC, said he does his tem mates as football players, not as ex-soldiers "because that relationship has been built."The Peace Cup is supported by the Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program (TDRP) of the World Bank.
UN takes part in Tour de Timor cycling race UNOSDP 2012-10-08 | Some 300 bike riders participate in UN-supported five-day cycle Tour de Timor UNMITThis year, Tour de Timor made history. For the first time ever, cyclists were allowed to cross the border into the Indonesian territory of West Timor to reach the Timorese enclave of Oecussi. One can tour Timor-Leste by bicycle. But how about visiting the entire country during an energetic mountain bike race? More than 300 riders did just that during the five-day competition known as Tour de Timor. Despite the efforts, such as hill climbing days, road racing and mixed terrain, Tour de Timor is less about trophies and more about unity. The race was created four years ago by former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos Horta to promote sports for peace and development, and the current president Taur Matan Ruak has continued to champion the idea.
UNiTE to End Violence Against Women Football Match in New York UNOSDP 2012-10-08 | United Nations, 26 September 2012 - On Wednesday the 26th of September a team of top officials, staff members and ambassadors to the UN played in a friendly match in New York City against President of Bolivia Evo Morales' team during the 67th session of the General Assembly.Both teams played for UNiTE to End Violence Against Women, supporting the Secretary General's campaign and advocating for this crucial issue—globally and in Latin America and the Caribbean, which has some of the world's highest rates of gender-based crimes.The match, co-organized by UNDP (@undp) and UN Women (@UN_Women) in support of @SayNO_UNiTE. It also supported Bolivia's Year to End all forms of Violence against Women and Girls.
Tennis champion Novak Djokovic visits kindergarten in Serbia UNOSDP 2012-09-26 | BELGRADE, 18 September, 2012 -- Novak Djokovic, UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia and the celebrated tennis champion, visited today the "Beneath the Linden Trees" kindergarten in the village of Lesnica, 150 km west of the Belgrade capital, to raise awareness of the importance of investment in early development and early childhood learning. During the visit, Djokovic spent time with the children, talked to their parents and caregivers, and met with local authorities.© UNICEFMore information at www.un.org/sport
Truce: Video message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon UNOSDP 2012-07-31 | For more information, visit www.un.org/sport.
Olympic Runners are role models for Timor Leste UNOSDP 2012-07-30 | July 2012, Dili, Timor LesteJuventina and Augusto are the only athletes set to represent Timor-Leste in the world's most spectacular sports event, the summer Olympic Games. They both qualified to run the full marathon. London will be a first for 24-year old Juventina, who said she feels "happy and proud" to have qualified and to "carry the flag and the name of Timor-Leste in London."More experienced, Augusto just hopes to cross the finish line. He went to Beijing four years ago -- but didn't complete the 42 kilometres circuit.He wants to "show the world that though we are a young nation we live in peace and harmony." Their preparation occurs in exhausting heat at the National Stadium in the capital Dili. They have been training for just over a month.Sports for peace and development have been one of Timor's goals with the support of the United Nations mission in the country. Stephen Malloch of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) highlighted the value of sport and said that "sporting heroines and sporting heroes are very positive role models for a new generation" as they "promote gender inclusion, and promote sports as an alternative to violence."For these two Timorese, hope relies on talent. Juventina and Augusto are Olympic mates. They run side-by-side, under one single flag.Source: UNMIT
Julius Mwelu, UN-Habitat Torchbearer Olympics 2012 UNOSDP 2012-07-30 | Julius Mwelu is a photographer with UN-Habitat. He was nominated and selected to be a Torchbearer for the 2012 Olympics in London. He will be joining 8,000 inspirational people who will carry the Olympic Flame as it journeys across the UK.More information, news, photos and videos at www.un.org/sport.
As Summer Games start, UN highlights key role of Olympic ideals for world peace, development UNOSDP 2012-07-30 | United Nations, New York, 27 July 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged countries to follow through with the Olympic Truce, and highlighted the role of sport in promoting peace, dialogue and development.More info, news, photos and videos at: http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/sport/home/newsandevents/london2012
Paralympic athletes and Ban Soon teak launch the new Its About Ability campaign UNOSDP 2012-07-27 | UNICEF correspondent Momir Krivacevic reports on the launch of a new television commercial for the 'It's about Ability' campaign.Disability must never prevent children from fully participating in play and sports -- every child has right to participate in sports on an equal basis with others.For more information, please visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/montenegro_65413.htmlSource: UNICEF
Ethiopian refugee competing in London for Norway UNOSDP 2012-07-27 | At the London Olympics, Urige Buta will be running for gold in the marathon for his new country: Norway.Source: UNHCR
UN Secretary-General Takes Part in London Summer Olympics Torch Run UNOSDP 2012-07-27 | On July 26, dressed in a white tracksuit, Mr. Ban ran 200 metres through central London, smiling and waving at crowds gathered along the relay's last leg, as the torch makes its way to Buckingham Palace, where it will stay the night before arriving at the Olympic Stadium at midnight on Friday.
Colombian Athlete Competes in London Paralympics UNOSDP 2012-07-09 | This is the story of, Elkin Serna, a Colombian IDP (internally displaced person) paralympic athlete who will be competing in the 2012 London Paralympic Games and had already competed in Beijing in 2008, winning a first-ever silver medal for Colombia at the Paralympics.Elkin suffers a visual impairment. At the age of 12, together with his parents and his brother, he had to flee from home, leaving everything behind, because of the guerilla going on in their region at the time.Elkin's story is one of courage, perseverance, excellence and hope. Check it out! © UNHCR
Funds for the Sahel are needed now, Raúl says UNOSDP 2012-05-29 | On a visit to drought-stricken Chad, Spanish football star Raúl González added his voice to urgent calls for funding to prevent a full-blown food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, where over 17 million people are at risk of hunger and more than one million children under five face acute malnutrition.More at www.un.org/sport.
Georgian Rugby Players Say NO to Violence against Women UNOSDP 2012-05-23 | This Public Service Public Service Announcement (PSA) was produced as part of the UN Women project "SHiEld -- Enhancing Prevention and Response to Domestic Violence in Georgia" (funded by Sida).The project's communication campaign emphasizes the importance of outreach to strategic groups, in particular men and boys who play the utmost role in ending violence against women and girls.To that end, in the framework of the SHiEld project, UN Women in Georgia has actively partnered with the Georgian Rugby Union and the Georgian rugby players to promote zero tolerance towards the practice of violence against women. This PSA is one of several public awareness raising activities that have been carried out jointly with the Georgian Rugby Union and features Georgian rugby players.The campaign PSA was first premiered at the official ceremony dedicated to the UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign in May 2010. Representatives of the eight national rugby teams engaged in the Junior World Rugby Trophy in Georgia 2011 -- Canada, Georgia, Japan, Samoa, Russia, Uruguay, USA and Zimbabwe -- united under the UN Secretary--General, Ban Ki-Moon's campaign "UNiTE to End Violence against Women" by signing the affirmation to officially join the campaign."When I was presented with the statistics of domestic violence in my country I was shocked and instantly decided to offer our support to UN Women for the UNiTE Campaign," said Georgian Rugby Union President George Nijaradze. "Rugby is a code of values and these are common to every country that plays the Game. We have to work together to ensure this initiative is successful."(Producer: UN Women, Date of Release: May 2010)
FC Barcelona and UNICEF strengthen their shared commitment to childrens sports and education UNOSDP 2012-05-14 | 10 May 2012 (UNICEF) - UNICEF correspondent Priyanka Pruthi reports on Executive Director Anthony Lake announcing new programmes in partnership with FC Barcelona in Brazil, China, Ghana and South Africa that will benefit seven million children.For more information, please visit: http://www.un.org/sport
Football against Hunger Campaign Spot 2012 (60 version) UNOSDP 2012-03-29 | Right now in the Sahel region of west Africa, over 15 million people are at risk of becoming famine victims. Already, over 1.3 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition due to failed harvests, rising food prices and the impact of climate change. Many are worried that this could become the next Horn of Africa. Too many lives were lost last year because the world reacted too slowly. 'Professional Football Against Hunger' -- a partnership between the world of football, the European Union and FAO -- is standing up to stop a repeated tragedy. Football is the only truly global sport watched and played by businessmen and street children in rich and poor countries alike. Using its power and popularity, the football industry is increasingly aware of the good it can do. Over the past several years, the Association of European Professional Football Leagues have played a special role in efforts to highlight the global fight against hunger. More at www.un.org/sport
UN Secretary-General and IOC President visit Fountain of Hope Centre, Lusaka, Zambia UNOSDP 2012-02-27 | 25 February 2012 - The international community and the world of sport came together today in Zambia as a high-level delegation led by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge concluded a visit to Lusaka, Zambia, where they visited two community projects that successfully leverage the power of sport to bring about positive social change. The visit is the latest in a long series of joint activities between the UN and Olympic families, and another testimony of the strong cooperation between the two organizations.The delegation kicked off the day by visiting a United Nations-supported initiative focusing on the rehabilitation of street children, out-of-school children and young people through sport.Hosted at the Fountain of Hope centre in the Kamwala area of Lusaka, the project is run by one of UNICEF's implementing partners, the NGO Sport in Action, as part of the 'International Inspiration' programme, the official legacy programme of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games."On behalf of the UN, I commend the Government of the Republic of Zambia, Fountain of Hope, the London 2012 International Inspiration programme, and all our partners for coming together to change children's lives in such a positive way," declared Secretary-General Ban at the centre. "But my biggest congratulations are for the children themselves," he added.Besides Mr. Ban and Mr. Rogge and their spouses, the delegation included Zambia's Minister of Education John Phiri and Minister of Youth and Sport Chishimba Kambwili; Mr. Ban's Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace Wilfried Lemke; UN Resident Coordinator in Zambia Ms. Kanni Wignaraja; IOC Vice President Thomas Bach; and several IOC Executive Board Members.More at www.un.org/sport.© UNTV
UN Secretary-General Visits Olympic Youth Centre in Lusaka, Zambia UNOSDP 2012-02-27 | 25 February 2012 - The international community and the world of sport came together today in Zambia as a high-level delegation led by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge concluded a visit to Lusaka, Zambia, where they visited two community projects that successfully leverage the power of sport to bring about positive social change. The visit is the latest in a long series of joint activities between the UN and Olympic families, and another testimony of the strong cooperation between the two organizations.In the afternoon, the delegation visited the Olympic Youth Development Centre in the northern outskirts of Lusaka. The multi-purpose sports complex is the pilot project of the IOC's 'Sports for Hope' programme and was established in May 2010 in collaboration with six international sport federations and the local government.The objective of the IOC and the Zambian government is that the centre offers athletes professional training opportunities and a wide range of educational programmes, health services and community activities. A similar centre is scheduled to open in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2014.More info at www.un.org/sport© UNTV
Haiti: Paralympic Athlete Brings Hope To A Nation UNOSDP 2012-02-08 | United Nations, New York, January 2012 -- The Pascale Toussaint rehabilitation centre opened in northern Haiti to provide physical rehabilitation for paraplegic patients, many from the 2010 earthquake. One of them, Leon Gensly who lost the use of his legs during the quake is now competing to qualify for London 2012 Paralympic Games. UN in Action program # 13232 Transcript (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1332.pdf
Óscar Washington Tabárez, named UNESCO Champion for Sport UNOSDP 2012-02-08 | On 30 January 2012, Óscar Washington Tabárez, the Uruguayan national football team manager, was named UNESCO Champion for Sport by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, during a ceremony at Organization Headquarters in Paris. © UNESCO More information at www.un.org/sport
CAN WITHOUT AIDS UNOSDP 2012-01-20 | As stated by Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Africa Cup of Nations 2012 "provides an exceptional opportunity to mobilise and re-energise Africans against AIDS as millions tune in and turn up to support their teams.""As the 16 nations participating in the tournament prepare to make their supporters proud, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is supporting an innovative AIDS awareness campaign by the Foundation of the First Lady of Gabon, Madame Sylvia Bongo Ondimba which is a true example of her leadership and commitment to the AIDS response."The campaign, "CAN SANS SIDA" (CAN without AIDS), uses the enormous popularity and outreach that football has across Africa to spread the word that zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths is possible in Africa, and that by protecting a new generation from HIV infection.© CAN SANS SIDAMore information at www.un.org/sport.
Highlights of UNDPs 9th Match Against Poverty UNOSDP 2012-01-16 | 24,400 football fans join UNDP Ambassadors Zidane, Ronaldo and Drogba to support of the Horn of Africa at the Ninth Annual Match Against Poverty in Hamburg Zinédine Zidane, Ronaldo and Didier Drogba joined superstars of European football past and present at a charity match this evening in Hamburg to raise funds for and awareness of the crisis in the Horn of Africa at the ninth annual UEFA-backed Match Against Poverty. More than 24,400 football fans filled the HSV Imtech Arena in Hamburg to watch top players reach a 5-4 win for the UNDP team, which also included Christian Karembeu, Fabio Cannavaro, Rabah Madjer and Dida. The event, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is held in a different European city each year and pits the UNDP All Star team against an established football club. The last two years were hosted by Benfica of Lisbon and Olympiakos of Athens/Piraeus. Wilfried Lemke, speaking on behalf of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, said the proceeds of today's game will go to the nearly 13 millions of people in need of assistance across the Horn of Africa. "And I am delighted to see that the athletes, the UN family and the world of sport can work together to build a better world," he said. "The Match Against Poverty has become a leading event in the global fight against poverty. Sigrid Kaag, United Nations Assistant Secretary General and Director of UNDP's Bureau for External Relations and Advocacy said the Match Against Poverty represents the best of sport and the best of humanity. "The players and the audience have shown they are One Team for the Horn of Africa," she said. This year, UNDP and HSV decided to target proceeds from the Match to support the global effort to address the crisis in the Horn of Africa. Two thirds of the match proceeds were to go towards the UN's attempt to tackle the ongoing food crisis, while HSV originally intended to donate the remaining funds towards diverse community development projects in Hamburg. However, on the day of the Match, HSV President Carl Jarchow said he and his team would donate all funds to the Horn of Africa crisis. "We are proud to be able to work with UNDP to organize this Match for such an important cause," he said. "Hamburg, through its port, has always been connected to the rest of the world. The Match Against Poverty is perfectly in line with our values as a team, and as a community." Speaking at a press conference just before the Match, Zinédine Zidane, Ronaldo and Didier Drogba declared in unison their appreciation to the people of Hamburg for hosting the match. "It is amazing and encouraging to see so much solidarity and support for Africa from sports fans around the world," said Ronaldo, who scored a goal in the second period. "And also from so many football players on both sides who took time out their busy schedules to travel to Hamburg in support of this important cause." More at www.un.org/sport
David Beckham inspires street children on Philippines visit! UNOSDP 2012-01-11 | MANILA, Philippines, 2 December 2011 -- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham spoke about the importance of caring and supportive families during a visit with children who had formerly lived on the streets in the Philippines."I was lucky. Throughout my life I have had the support of my mum and my dad," said the soccer star, after being shown around the 'Village for Youth', a Government-run centre for children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned.Mr. Beckham took time out from an Asian soccer tour for this visit, to the delight of the 130 boys and girls who are being cared for here. But he wasn't taking a break from soccer.© UNICEF
Serena Williams introduces Schools for Asia initiative! UNOSDP 2012-01-11 | UNICEF's Schools for Asia is an international fundraising initiative to improve the access and quality of education for disadvantaged children living across Asia and the Pacific. Schools for Asia is supported by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and tennis star, Serena Williams.To find out more, go to www.supportunicef.org/schoolsforasia© UNICEF
Lord Bates meets UN Secretary-General in Geneva UNOSDP 2011-10-18 | On 17 October 2011, in conjunction with the adoption of the resolution entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal" by the UN General Assembly in New York, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met in Geneva with Lord Bates of Langbaurgh, a member of the UK Parliament who has engaged on a walk of over 3000 miles through seventeen countries, from Mt Olympus to London, in order to raise awareness of the Truce and advocate for serious and meaningful consideration of the core concept of it. Mr. Ban praised Lord Bates' Walk for Truce initiative, stating his appreciation of Lord Bates' valuable contribution to implementing the Truce concept and values, and to leading by example in showing that passionate and committed individuals can make a valuable contribution to world peace. More at www.un.org/sport © CH UNTV
UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, Novak Djokovic, visits an inclusive kindergarten in Smederevo UNOSDP 2011-09-28 | 26 September 2011 -- UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, Novak Djokovic, recently paid a visit to a unique kindergarten or "Pcelica" in Smederevo, some 50 kilometres south east of the Serbian capital of Belgrade. An excellent example of an inclusive pre-school institution, the kindergarten is attended by the most marginalised and vulnerable groups in the Republic of Serbia, including children with developmental disorders and disabilities and those living in Roma settlements.During his visit Novak Djokovic brought school materials as gifts for the school-children, posed for photographs with them and talked to the kindergarten's employees, praising their efforts to reach children from the most vulnerable groups. © UNICEF Serbia
Using Sport to Combat Sexual Violence UNOSDP 2011-09-26 | 23 January 2009 -- As part of their long-standing cooperation, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have implemented an active sport programme for young women and men in a refugee camp in Uganda to address sexual and gender-based violence.The programme aims to break the cycle of despair created by the twenty year-long conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and government forces by using sport to bolster the self-esteem and health of people living in the camp. The programme forms part of the partnership between UNHCR and the IOC, which was reaffirmed in 2007 and involves interactive training sessions that combine sports instruction and sexual and gender based violence awareness training. Initial projects were implemented in Panama, Venezuela, Uganda and Kenya.© UNHCR
Tennis star Serena Williams is appointed UNICEFs newest Goodwill Ambassador UNOSDP 2011-09-21 | 20 September 2011 -- UNICEF today announced tennis champion Serena Williams's appointment as international Goodwill Ambassador. Williams is one of the all-time greats of professional tennis, having achieved a decade-long dominance of the game. While she is best known for her power and finesse in competition, her generous philanthropic endeavors off the court are just as dynamic.Williams first teamed up with UNICEF in 2006 when she traveled to Ghana, on her first visit to Africa for the country's biggest health campaign. During her visit, she joined a team of volunteer health workers who immunized children against deadly childhood diseases, distributed free mosquito bed nets to help prevent malaria and joined local authorities in a demonstration of how to use the life-saving nets. In her new role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Williams will use her popularity and personal interest in children's issues to support UNICEF's mission to provide a quality education for the most vulnerable children through the Schools for Africa programme and the upcoming Schools for Asia initiatives.
Jessica Watson, WFP Youth Representative, in Laos UNOSDP 2011-09-13 | 8 September 2011 -- Record-breaking sailor and Young Australian of the Year Jessica Watson today announced her support for the United Nations World Food Programme's (WFP) School Meals Programme in Laos, in her role as a Youth Representative for WFP. In partnership with the Lao Government's Ministry of Education and Sport, the WFP-assisted School Meals Programme is implemented in 1,500 schools and supports close to 400,000 people, including more than 150,000 pre-primary and primary school children and their families in Phongsaly, Luangnamtha, Oudomxay, Saravane, Sekong and Attapeu provinces. For Jessica the decision to support Laos was simple: "As Youth Representative for WFP, I wanted to be involved with programmes that directly improve the lives of children, and WFP's School Meals Programme does just that -- it keeps more children in school for longer," she said. © WFP
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Marta visit to Sierra Leone UNOSDP 2011-09-06 | UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, Marta Vieira Da Silva, five-time FIFA world female player of the year, ended a two-day visit to Sierra Leone Sunday to promote women's empowerment with the message "When women succeed, we all win." More info at www.un.org/sport.
