Tag: Wilfried Lemke

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Wilfried Lemke visits and enjoys his visit to Burundi

    Wilfried Lemke visits Burundi, Just before the Christmas break, during a trip to Africa, Wilfried Lemke (the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Sport for Development and Peace), made a stop in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, in order to follow up a number of projects supported by the United Nations.…

  • “Inclusion” Should Not Just be a Theoretical Concept, says Wilfried Lemke

    IPC Press Release Dec 29, 2011: Theoretical Concept, For the last issue of the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) magazine, The Paralympian, Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace wrote this article on his vision for sport for persons with a disability. To read a full version of…

  • UNOSDP YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP 2012

    UNOSDP Media Advisory Dec 20, 2011: The 2012 UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) is a 10-day from 9-19 January 2012, will be held at Aspire Dome, Doha, Qatar, gathering of 30 participants (from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Palestinian Territory) aimed at empowering them with practical leadership training and best practice examples from leading Sport for Development and…