Tag: UNOSDP
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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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United Nations Special Adviser on Sport Re-appointed for a Fifth Year
Geneva, April 04, 2012: United Nations Special Adviser, At the end of February, Wilfried Lemke accompanied UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Zambia in his capacity as his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. The visit capped off a busy and successful year for Mr. Lemke, who soon after received an extension of his…
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UN Special Adviser on Sport Supports Initiative to Allow Safe Headscarf in Football
Geneva, Feb 29, 2012: In the context of recent developments in the football world regarding the issue of female players wearing headscarves while on the field, Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, has expressed his support for the initiative driven by FIFA Vice-President HRH Prince Ali Bin Al…
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Zambia, the Playing Field for Further UN-Olympic Cooperation
Geneva, Feb 27, 2012: UN Olympic Cooperation, The International community and the world of sport came together on Saturday, 25 February 2012, in Zambia as a high-level delegation led by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge conducted a visit to Lusaka, Zambia, where they visited two community projects that…
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UN Secretary-General Ban joined by IOC President Rogge to visit grassroots sports projects in Zambia
Geneva, Feb 21, 2012: Grassroots sports projects Zambia, On Saturday 25 February 2012, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, will jointly together with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge – visit community sports projects in Lusaka, Zambia. They will be…
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Young Sport Leaders Discover JUDO
Young Sport Leaders Discover JUDO, In the beginning of January 2012, the first edition of the Youth Leadership Training Camp, organized by the United Nations (UNOSDP – United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace) in partnership with the NGO Right to Play, was held in Doha. The International Judo Federation was also present…
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Table Tennis Continues to Promote Peace
Renens / Lausanne Jan 18, 2012: Table Tennis Continues Promote Peace, Six weeks after the conclusion of the ground-breaking Qatar Peace and Sport Table Tennis Cup, the UN’s Wilfried Lemke, the Aspire Academy and the city of Doha are united once again in the pursuit of peace, by using sport as the vehicle to achieve harmony.…
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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…