Tag: United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP)

  • 2nd Youth Leadership Camp successfully concludes

    2nd Youth Leadership Camp successfully concludes

    Geneva/Hennef (UNOSDP) – June 28, 2012: The 2nd ‘UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp‘ concludes today at the Sportschule Hennef, Germany. After eleven days of intensive activities, 26 young people from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territories have enhanced their skills on how to use sport to address social change. With the conclusion of the camp, the…

  • Shahid Afridi to Hit Hard Against Drugs in New Role as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador

    Vienna (UNODC), Jan 18, 2012:– Shahid Afridi UNODC Goodwill Ambassador, Pakistan cricket star Shahid Afridi has been appointed UNODC National Goodwill Ambassador in recognition of his outstanding sporting record. Both batsman and bowler, Afridi is a talented all-rounder who from 2009 to 2011 was captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in various formats of…

  • First United Nations Sport Youth Camp Kicks off in DOHA

    Doha, Qatar, Jan 09, 2012: First United Nations Sport Youth Camp, UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, today kicked off a 10-day leadership camp for underprivileged youth from nine countries in Sub–Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territory. Taking place in Doha, the ‘UNOSDP 2012 Youth Leadership Camp’ serves as a…