International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

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The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (English international day of sport for development and peace ) is held annually on April 6 committed.

history

The day of remembrance was decided unanimously by the General Assembly of the United Nations on August 23, 2013 in resolution A / RES / 67/296.

The day was chosen because on April 6, 1896, the first modern summer Olympic Games opened in Athens . The draft for the resolution (A / 67 / L.77 and Add.1) had been introduced by Monaco to the General Assembly on the grounds that the role of sport for development and peace had been on the General Assembly's agenda since 1993 . In the debate that followed, the Belarusian delegate warned against misusing sport for political purposes. The games shouldn't be politicized.

When taking decisions, the outgoing from office the following month President were the International Olympic Committee , Jacques Rogge , and the tennis player Novak Đoković present who at that time world ranking first was. Speaking to the General Assembly, Đoković said he hoped the new World Day would promote the inner values ​​of sport, such as fairness, cooperation and respect for the opponent.

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  1. ↑ a b United Nations General Assembly: Resolutions. 67th session . Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c United Nations General Assembly: General Assembly, in consensus action, adopts text proclaiming 6 April 'International day of sport for development and peace' . Sixty-seventh General Assembly Plenary 96th Meeting (AM). Issued August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ dpa: United Nations. April 6th is Sports Day . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  4. ^ UN Assembly Proclaims 6 April International Day of Sport for Development, Peace . In: UN News Center. August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.