Tag: UN Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke
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Wilfried Lemke reappointed as UN Special Adviser
Geneva, (UNOSDP) – For the sixth consecutive year, the UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr Wilfried Lemke has received an extension for a further year. The official reappointment date was 11th April 2013, and will see the UN official explore the new and exciting formats in which sport is being used…
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UN ignites the flame of social change
Geneva, August 13, 2012: Flame, The London 2012 Olympic Games came to an end yesterday and are already widely lauded as an overall success, with plenty of historic moments that will stay fresh in the minds of many for years to come. But beyond the stadiums, courts and fields where sporting excellence prevailed, the event…
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UN Sports Envoy Continues Quest to Strengthen Sport for Social Change
Geneva, June 13, 2012: Today, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, was in Berlin to address a special session of the German Parliament’s Sports Committee on International Sports Policy. Last week, his mandate took him successively to Kuwait, Poland and Switzerland, where he continued his work as a…
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Successful UN Youth Camp Concludes in Doha
Doha/Geneva, Jan 20, 2012: Successful UN Youth Camp Concludes, The inaugural ‘UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp’ concluded yesterday in Doha after eleven days of intense learning. Twenty-nine young people from nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territory enhanced their leadership skills on how to use sport to address pressing social issues affecting their underprivileged communities.…
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UN-Supported Youth Centre in Burundi Welcomes Special Adviser on Sport
(Bujumbura/Geneva-)-UNOSDP Media Release, Dec 05, 2011: As part of his ongoing visit to South Africa, Kenya and Burundi, UN Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke today visited a brand new Youth Sport Centre in Gatumba, Burundi, in the border region with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UN Supported Youth Centre Burundi). The project is one of…