2nd International Forum on Sport for Peace - Naciones Unidas

<strong>2nd</strong> InternatIonal <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport 

For peace & Development 

2011

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<strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace & Development 

Table of Contents 

1. FOREWORDs ............................................................................................................... 2 

1.1. Message from the President of the <strong>International</strong> Olympic Committee, Dr Jacques Rogge ..... 2 

1.2. Message from the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Sport 

for Development and Peace, Mr Wilfried Lemke .................................................................... 3 

2. PROgRAmmE OF ThE CONFERENCE..........................................................5 

3. summARiEs ..................................................................................................................9 

3.1. OPENING CEREMONY .......................................................................................................... 9 

3.2. SESSION I 

Sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the MDGs – Policy perspective .......................................11 

3.3. SESSION II 

Sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the MDGs – Implementation perspective ........................14 

3.4. SESSION III 

Is Sport delivering on Legacy? ..............................................................................................18 

3.5. SESSION IV 

Developing a Culture of Peace through Sport – Policy perspective .................................... 22 

3.6. SESSION V 

Developing a Culture of Peace through Sport – Implementation perspective ..................... 25 

3.7. CLOSING SESSION ............................................................................................................. 29 

4. RECOmmENDATiONs .......................................................................................... 31 

5. LisT OF PARTiCiPANTs ....................................................................................... 33 

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1. FOREWORDs 

1.1. message from the President of the international 

Olympic Committee, Dr Jacques Rogge 

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Forewords 

The <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace and Development was an important milestone in our 

efforts to leverage sport as a tool for positive change. Policy without implementation is talk without 

action. This is why the agenda for this important gathering included a dual focus on policy and on 

implementation. Clearly, our ultimate objective is to be successful and efficient on the ground – to 

serve humankind – and this forum brought us another step closer to that goal. 

I am glad that our discussions resulted in a concrete outcome: a set of recommendations that aim to 

help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and that will guide us all in our future actions. 

This document was agreed upon by the wide range of participants, composed of representatives of 

the Olympic Family, the United Nations (UN), governments and other expert organizations. 

It is not a question of whether sport contributes to the betterment of society; we are all in agreement 

that it does. The real question is how to make it contribute in more impactful, tangible ways. The forum 

showed through the presentation of best practices how it can work in reality. It also revealed existing 

challenges, suggested solutions and offered new partnerships. The address by the United Nations 

Secretary General, HE Mr Ban Ki-moon, in which he once again acknowledged the importance of 

sport to the international community’s human development agenda, in particular the achievement 

of the MDGs, was a call for all of us to do more. 

Thanks to the UN, sport has found its rightful place in the global agenda for peace and development 

and it is officially recognized that sport can be an invaluable tool for education, gender equality, 

integration, health, and more generally, for the good. Let us now make the most of it. On its side, the 

Olympic Movement will continue to do its best and apply more resources to human development 

programmes, using sport as the tool of choice. 

Sport cannot solve all of the world’s ills, but I am convinced it can contribute to meaningful solutions. 

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Forewords 

1.2. message from the special Adviser to the uN secretary general 

on sport for Development and Peace, mr Wilfried Lemke 

Today’s fast-changing world is, unfortunately, still plagued by inequality, poverty, disasters and 

conflicts. Over the past decade, sport has gradually gained acceptance as an intervention mechanism 

that, on the one hand, garners almost universal engagement and, on the other hand, is a viable 

recourse to bringing about human development and promoting peace. 

Considering sports potential to cross cultural bridges, break down barriers and bring people 

together, it is natural for the United Nations to partner with the <strong>International</strong> Olympic Committee 

(IOC), given the shared values of the two organizations. Through this partnership, the worlds of sport 

and development get closer day by day, thereby assisting to achieve the Millennium Development 

Goals (MDGs). 

The <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace and Development, held on 10 and 11 May 2011 at 

the UN Office in Geneva, demonstrated the alliance between the United Nations and the Olympic 

family. The <strong>Forum</strong> acted as an excellent networking opportunity and enabled committed partners 

with a wealth of expertise in the field to get together and develop the crucial partnerships necessary 

for long term, sustainable impact. The Recommendations approved by the <strong>Forum</strong> participants 

provide a basis for the road ahead and we will continue our work together to turn them into action. 

The United Nations – witnessed through the personal engagement of the Secretary General – is 

committed to this task. 

I would like to thank and congratulate all speakers, panellists and participants of the <strong>Forum</strong> for 

attending, contributing and sharing valuable knowledge. I would also like to thank the IOC for 

their engagement in mobilizing sport for social change and, in particular, for their collaboration in 

organizing the <strong>Forum</strong>. 

In recent years, much effort has been on raising awareness of the unique power of sport for advancing 

human development. Today, the issue is anchored on the agenda of both the United Nations and the 

Olympic and sports movement. Nevertheless, until social change through sport programmes and 

strategies have been fully mainstreamed, on the one hand, in national and international development 

and peace programmes and, on the other hand, in the social responsibility approach by the sport 

movement, there is no room for complacency. 

The <strong>Forum</strong>, however, also identified some gaps when it comes to translating policy into action. As 

a poignant quote from the <strong>Forum</strong> reminds us,“talking is good, implementation is better”. In this 

respect, one of the key questions that arose throughout the <strong>Forum</strong> was “how do we increase the 

impact of our work on the ground?”. 



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Forewords 

To that aim, we need to keep identifying, replicating and promoting good practices, as well as 

ensuring sustainability in the implementation of projects in the field. In this respect, it is also crucial 

to foster promising youth to become role models. With their unique capacity to inspire, role models 

have great potential to popularize and spread the message of the power of sport. 

The 2015 MDGs deadline is fast approaching and it is crucial that we work together as a movement 

in our endeavours to fulfil the targets, while already starting looking beyond 2015. Building on the 

success of the <strong>Forum</strong>, the sport, political and civil society actors need to further commit their efforts 

and resources so that all humanity can benefit from the remarkable opportunities that sport can 

deliver. 

I look forward to convening again in the future to evaluate our joint progress. 



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Programme of the Conference 

2. PROgRAmmE OF ThE CONFERENCE 

may 10, 2011 

OPENiNg CEREmONY 

Keynote addresses 

Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC President 

HE Dr Pál Schmitt, President of the Republic of Hungary 

Mr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General 

on Sport for Development and Peace 

Master of Ceremony: 

Mr Poul Hansen, Head of Office, UN Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) 

sEssiON i 

sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the mDgs 

– Policy perspective 


Addressing the mDgs through sport 

Dr Mario Pescante, Permanent Representative for the IOC to the UN 

and Chairman of the IOC <strong>International</strong> Relations Commission 

Placing sport in Development Policy 

Hon. Hugh Robertson MP, Minister for Sport and the Olympics, United Kingdom 

Panel discussion 

HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein, President of the <strong>International</strong> Equestrian Federation (FEI) 

HE Ms Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the UN 

Dr Ala Alwan, Assistant-Director General for NCDs and Mental Health, World Health Organization (WHO) 

Moderator: 

Mr Guy Drut, Board Member of the <strong>International</strong> Olympic Truce Foundation (IOTF) 

Rapporteur: 

Ms Aziyadé Poltier, Communications Partnerships Manager, 

United Nations Development Programme, European Office (UNDP) 



sEssiON ii 


– implementation perspective 


Quality Physical Education for All 

HE Ms Frances Rodrigues, Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UN 

For a Concerted Approach to implementation – the iFs perspective 

Mr Patrick Baumann, Secretary General, <strong>International</strong> Basketball Federation (FIBA) 


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Ms Tove Paule, Former President and Honorary Member of the Norwegian Olympic 

and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports 

Mr Tom Burstow, Head of <strong>International</strong> Inspiration, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 

Mr Ignacio Packer, Thematics Director, Terre des hommes (Tdh) 

Prof. Tess Kay, Professor of Sport and Social Sciences, Brunel University, UK 

Moderator: 

Mr David Chikvaidze, Chief Librarian and Chairman of the Cultural Committee 

of the UN Office of Geneva 

Rapporteur: 

Dr Constantinos Filis, Director of the <strong>International</strong> Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC) 

sEssiON iii 

is sport delivering on Legacy 


Legacy of the Olympic games to human Development 

Mr Carlos Nuzman, President, RIO 2016 Olympic Games Organizing Committee 

2010 FiFA World Cup south Africa, What Next? 

Mr Gert Oosthuizen, Deputy Minister of Sport and Recreation, South Africa 


Mr Lamine Diack, President, <strong>International</strong> Athletics Federation (IAAF) 

Mr Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of SOCHI 2014 Olympic Games Organizing Committee 

Sir Phillip Craven, President, <strong>International</strong> Paralympic Committee (IPC) 

Moderator: 

Ms Nicole Hoevertsz, Member of the IOC <strong>International</strong> Relations Commission 

Rapporteur: 

Mr Wondwosen Asnake, Programme Officer, Civil Society, Regional Office for Europe, 

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 


may 11, 2011 

sEssiON iV 

Developing a Culture of Peace through sport 


introduction by Mr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General 

on Sport for Development and Peace 

Welcome remarks by Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC President 

special remarks by HE Mr Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations 

Master of Ceremony: 

Mr Christophe de Kepper, IOC Director General 


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harnessing the Power of sport for Peace-building 

Intendant General Lassana Palenfo, President, Association of National 

Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) 

Bringing Peace to El salvador using sport as a Tool 

Dr Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez, Director, National Institute of Sport, El Salvador 


Mr Timothy Fok, President, NOC of Hong Kong, China 

Ms Fani Palli Petralia, Vice-President, <strong>International</strong> Olympic Truce Foundation (IOFT) 

HE Mr Fred Tanner, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) 

Mr John Clark, Chief of UNSCO Coordination Unit, Programme of Assistance 

to the Palestinian People, UN Development Programme (UNDP) 

Moderator: 

Ms Nawal El Moutawakel, IOC Member 

Rapporteur: 

Mr Patrick Baumann, IOC Member 

sEssiON V 




For a sporting Route to Conflict Resolution 

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, Founder and Chairman, Generations for Peace 

mobilizing the Champions 

Mr Joël Bouzou, President, Peace and Sport 



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Mr John Andrews, Senior desk Officer for Asia & Pacific region, United Nations 

High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 

Dr Constantinos Filis, Director, <strong>International</strong> Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC) 

Mr John Marks, President, Search for Common Ground 

Ms Jutta Engelhardt, Head of Sport and Development, Swiss Academy for Development 

Moderator: 

Syed Shahid Ali, IOTF Board Member 

Rapporteur: 

Mr Poul Hansen, Head of Office, UNOSDP 

sEssiON Vi 

Next steps 

Presentation of recommendations and adoption 

Vote of thanks 

CLOsiNg sEssiON 

Master of ceremony: 

Mr Tomas A.G. Sithole, IOC Director of <strong>International</strong> Cooperation and Development 

Closing remarks 

Mr Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace 

Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC President 


3. summARiEs 

3.1. OPENiNg CEREmONY 


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Dr Jacques Rogge, 

iOC President 


summaries 

President Rogge recalled the First <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace and Development organised 

in Lausanne in 2009, and the progress made since then on the road to a stronger collaboration 

between the sports movement and the United Nations. Many projects around the world had 

been successfully implemented thanks to that. The purpose of the <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> was 

therefore to move this partnership to another level, and to find new and better ways to use sport as 

a tool for positive change. While sport could not solve all of the world’s ills, it could contribute to 

meaningful solutions as it broke down barriers and brought people together. However, policy without 

implementation was talk without action. It was therefore fundamental to be efficient on the ground 

and to call on a large number of stakeholders to successfully serve human development through 

sport. 

He stressed that the IOC and the UN had common goals on peace and development and had shown 

that they could be more effective working together. The IOC was working with various UN agencies 

at country level and was very much engaged in efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. 

The UN Observer status granted to the IOC in 2009 was a resounding acknowledgement of sport’s 

role in serving these causes and was no doubt an additional means to facilitate their collaboration. 

President Rogge concluded his speech recalling that, while progress was undeniable, much more 

could to be done to fully leverage sport for the good of humanity. He urged those present to build 

on the existing solid foundations established over the last years to enable sustainable and more 

effective partnerships for peace and development. 

hE Dr Pál schmitt, 

President of the Republic of hungary 

His intervention recognised that sport and physical activity were clearly contributing every day, and 

everywhere in the world, to achieving societal and global goals. 

As sport talked a common language, it could bring together people and communities and facilitate 

dialogue; sport could also educate, gave hope, promoted healthy behaviour and mental well-being; 

and it could motivate and inspire. 


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Building on this, it was necessary to move one step further and assess the real level of using sport’s 

potential, the efforts deployed to provide access to sport for everybody, the programmes’ efficiency 

and added value, and the ways and means to improve and maximise the impact of these efforts. 

He saw the contribution of the Olympic Movement and of its volunteers to human development 

and peace as complementary to the political framework set up by governments, and supported 

and coordinated by a broad range of UN bodies. To achieve the best possible results, sport needed 

to be integrated into other interventions and programmes and effective government policies and 

programmes which benefited from dedicated budget lines and human resources. 

Similarly, while governments often used sport to achieve their domestic development goals – such 

as by promoting the success of elite sport to nurture healthy patriotism, and by establishing role 

models for young people – their development strategies were very heterogeneous. He therefore 

saw the UN intervention as a valuable tool to help them define global goals which should be taken 

into consideration in establishing national strategies to build human and social capital for their 

communities. As the target date of 2015 was soon approaching, it was critical that joint efforts 

combining the UN, governments, the sports movement and other major players be intensified and 

systemised. 

mr Wilfried Lemke, 

special Adviser to the uN secretary general 

on sport for Development and Peace 

Mr Lemke underlined the symbolic value of the <strong>Forum</strong>, which demonstrated once again the close 

links and partnership between the Olympic Movement and the UN family. This had resulted in 

many successful joint projects in various fields, and the recent World Conference on Sport and the 

Environment held in Doha was one example among many others. 

Recognising that education was the key all over the world to encourage peace and development, it 

was therefore necessary, nowadays, to convince governments and UN agencies to invest more in 

it. New Master degrees and educational initiatives in the field of sport were the first steps in a long 

process that needed to be encouraged. 

He also saw sport as a tool that could be used by everybody – from kids in the slums to top athletes 

and role models – as it had the unique ability to break down barriers and bring people together. 

Indeed, as the right to live in peace and harmony was still not a reality in many parts of the world, 

sport could play a role to improve the situation. The new communication between the Israeli and 

Palestinian NOCs was in this regard strong evidence of the power of sport. 

However, more effort needed to be deployed to convince policy makers and Member states that 

sport was not a luxury, but that it could be better leveraged as a meaningful tool for development 

and peace. This called for stronger collaboration between all stakeholders among the sports and the 

UN world, as well as for innovative approaches such as through the social networks. 



3.2. sEssiON i 




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Dr mario Pescante, 

Permanent Representative for the iOC to the uN 


summaries 

As Permanent Representative for the IOC to the UN, Dr Mario Pescante expressed his personal 

satisfaction about the organisation of this forum, working side-by-side with the United Nations. He 

personally thanked the Secretary General and his Special Advisor on Sports for Development and 

Peace for all the work accomplished. 

Dr Pescante emphasised that the cooperation between the two entities had been strengthened, 

leading to an increased integration of sport into the MDGs agenda. Highlighting some examples in 

this regard, he mentioned the fruitful cooperation established by the IOC with FAO and WFP, which 

directly benefited communities in need. On access to primary education, the IOC was encouraging 

school attendance in developing countries. On gender issues, the Olympic Movement had been very 

active in promoting access of women and girls to sport and, in particular, to the Olympic Games. 

Finally, he mentioned the IOC’s work with UNEP in the area of environment and sustainability, and 

in particular the preparation for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, in 2012. 

Dr Pescante also addressed the conference on the importance of the culture of peace and the 

Olympic Truce. As humanity was facing difficult times, sport could help build bridges that facilitate 

dialogue between people, promote diplomacy, inspire with trust, and could favour diversity. He also 

praised the first Youth Olympic Games, which supported this idea, and recognised the key role that 

social networks had nowadays in promoting freedom and peace. 

hon. hugh Robertson mP, 

minister for sport and the Olympics, united Kingdom 

Building on his experience, which led him to work on sport as well as on peace-keeping operations 

in Cyprus and Sarajevo, Minister Robertson valued the importance of this particular forum as it 

brought together two important organisations. 

While not claiming to have a definitive answer on the role of sport in achieving the MDGs, he gave 

an overview of the successes and challenges of the London 2012 legacy programme. Through it, a 

variety of development projects have been implemented in 16 countries around the world, providing 

skills for coaches, teachers and community leaders, and helping local partners to influence and 

improve national policies and programmes. Some concrete examples in Bangladesh, Jordan and 

Zambia were further highlighted. 


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The London legacy programme has demonstrated that sports projects could contribute to a wider 

development agenda, while there was a need to review, better assess and target interventions. Close 

partnerships from the very early planning stages with the recipient country were absolutely crucial 

to secure successful projects at community level. It was also just as critical to adopt a realistic 

approach, focusing on key clear outcomes in times of budget constraints and enabling local buy-in 

to ensure the sustainability of these programmes. 

Despite financial challenges, Minister Robertson still urged to promote sport for peace and 

development, as it can concretely support hundred thousands of young people around the world 

and is a path to a better life. 


hE ms maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo, 

Permanent Representative of Brazil to the uN 

As a former tennis champion, HE Ms Farani Azevêdo was very proud to speak in this forum and 

to present Brazil’s achievements in the area of sports for development. Enabling Brazil to host the 

Football World Cup and the Olympic Games in the coming years was a clear recognition of her 

country’s strong democracy and stable economy. Brazil would also have the possibility of contributing 

further to the achievement of the MDGs through these events, impacting social development with 

the creation of thousands of jobs in the years to come, and investing in small and medium size 

enterprises in low-income communities that will bring a permanent gain in term of their quality of 

life. There were also numerous projects implemented to help children out of drugs, violence and 

criminality, major issues in Brazil. 

HE Ms Farani Azevêdo also praised the crucial role of partnerships between NGOs, the private sector 

and the government, in delivering these programmes. She also encouraged South South cooperation, 

giving very practical examples of cooperation with South Africa, providing a multipurpose centre in 

Ramallah, or even advocacy events like the peace football match held between the Brazil and Haiti 

national football teams. 

Dr Ala Alwan, 

Assistant Director general for non-communicable diseases 

and mental health, World health Organization (WhO) 

Dr Alwan stressed that physical inactivity was the fourth cause of death in the world, and a major 

factor to non-communicable diseases. Estimates also showed that, over the next 10 years, this 

would increase by 15% worldwide and increase in developing countries as well. 



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Despite these alarming numbers, it was important to understand that many of these health problems 

were preventable. WHO was therefore working on promoting physical activity and had recently signed 

a MOU with the IOC to strengthen this approach. Another important opportunity was provided by 

the forthcoming September Special Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, which would 

discuss prevention of NCDs and the promotion of healthy lifestyles. He concluded by expressing 

the hope that the outcomes of the <strong>Forum</strong> would help to address the challenges and opportunities 

for greater inter-sectoral collaboration. 

hRh Princess haya Al hussein, 

President of the international Equestrian Federation (FEi) 

In her capacity as UN Messenger for Peace as well as IOC member, HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein 

is in a unique position to help the United Nations to deliver the MDGs. She strongly believes that 

sport can be a useful tool in this regard. The Olympic Movement is in a unique position to promote 

these universal goals, to get people involved, and with the millions of viewers and sports audiences, 

to be a great advocacy mechanism. 

Although time is running out to reach these goals by 2015 and the UN is facing many emergency and crisis 

situations, she is deeply convinced that the world has all the necessary technical means to achieve them. 

Questions & Answers 

The discussions of the panel raised many reactions among the audience particularly from stakeholders 

based in the field. Among the various comments and concerns, it was stressed that it is imperative to 

build partnerships and interfaces between different actors for peace and sport to optimise their action. 

The audience also stressed the importance of addressing issues of citizens’ security, hooliganism, 

drug and violence prevention for kids and the need to encourage the UN and the IOC to jointly further 

promote physical activity and sport in school curricula. Building coalitions was evidence of value. 

Partnerships between the UN, the IOC and governments are also critical to ensure the sustainability 

of projects, beyond financial considerations. South-South cooperation could also be an answer to 

that. Social networking could also be further leveraged as a medium to educate youngsters about 

healthy and responsible lifestyles as the interest of technology was underlined. 

The role of the academic world was also mentioned. The answer from the panel was that any 

evidence needs to have academic rigour reports. 



3.3. sEssiON ii 




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hE ms Frances Rodrigues, 

Permanent Representative of mozambique to the uN 


summaries 

Ambassador Rodrigues stressed that all the stakeholders should be cognisant of the need to build 

upon previous decisions and renew their resolve to use sport as a catalyst for achieving the MDGs, 

thus contributing to peace and to social and economic development. 

She recognised that, despite a widespread decline and marginalisation of physical education and 

sport throughout the world, there was a multiplication of initiatives and activities designed to reverse 

the tide and restore physical education and sport to its rightful place and, as a consequence, a 

fundamental change was occurring. 

A more efficient policy of investment in physical education and sport could lead to job creations, and 

fight unemployment and poverty by promoting better standards of living and helping to eliminate 

social tensions more effectively. But governments had to reinforce their commitment as there was 

still a gap between policy conception and implementation due to the fact that in many countries 

sports development was usually not a top priority in the national budget or in the education system. 

She called on all the stakeholders, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, the 

public and private sectors and international financial institutions to cooperate; and concluded her 

speech with the example of her country, Mozambique, where they had been embracing the ideals 

of physical education for all but also encountered hurdles in the process. 

mr Patrick Baumann, 

secretary general, international Basketball Federation (FiBA) 

Reaching a very large portion of the world population on a daily basis, Mr Baumann stressed that 

<strong>International</strong> Sport Federations were in a unique position to contribute to achieving the MDGs. 

Aware of the various benefits of sport for individual development, disease prevention and promotion 

of gender equality, the IFs had developed educational programmes for coaches of young athletes, 

which went beyond the technical aspects of the sport and included education on the values 

embedded in their sport. Moreover, they encouraged the practice of sport and promoted a healthy 

lifestyle while they also had a statutory obligation towards gender equality and developed specific 

programmes aimed at increasing the participation of women in competitions and administration. 

IFs were now conscious of and responsive to environmental issues and some of them worked with 

governments and UN agencies or used their own partners to support social projects. 


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However, only some IFs had concrete and explicit strategies in place, and most actions were reactive 

or coincidental. While willing to contribute to society’s well being, their first mission remained to 

develop and promote their respective sport and they were still disorganised and dispersing their 

efforts and funding for human development programmes through sport. 

He stressed that there was a critical need for better coordination of the large number of projects 

within the IFs, but also among the sports movement at large. This required increased communication 

and sharing of best practices, setting realistic and reachable objectives, as well as streamlined 

partnerships between the sports movement and NGOs, UN agencies and national governments, 

which had resources dedicated to all of the MDGs in their various ministries. 


ms Tove Paule, 

Former President and honorary member of the Norwegian Olympic 

and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of sports 

Ms Paule presented the example of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and 

Confederation of Sports (NIF), which had for the past 150 years played a part in building a healthy 

and active society in Norway and since 1982 had used its core business – sport – to contribute to 

reducing poverty in developing countries. 

The NIF worked in partnership with other National Sport Councils, governments, National Olympic 

Committees (NOCs) and non-governmental organisations and concentrated on enhancing sport 

systems through organisational capacity and community-based leadership. It also adhered to three 

basic building blocks including: 1) quality sport, 2) strong and sustainable organisational structures 

and 3) positive life skills. These three factors were, for her, the ingredients for sport to be a positive 

agent of change and a catalyst for contributing to the MDGs. 

To be effective, actions also needed “long term commitment” and “partner support” toward the 

development and implementation of quality education for coaches, including life skills education, 

the development of community-based sports structures embraced by local government and the 

sports federations and the development of volunteer capacity through training of community leaders. 

But beyond the numerous successes, she felt there were still many challenges in sport to achieve the 

MDGs, such as: 1) funding, as most projects suffered from a general lack of long-term commitment 

from founders; 2) lack of understanding of cultural differences; and 3) lack of reflection on the 

added value of programmes, policies and activities. She criticised a strong desire to work with 

successful partners in the southern hemisphere rather than risk developing new ones which could 

reduce the ability of successful organisations to achieve results. In concluding, she outlined three 

key recommendations: lead by example; support for the long term; and assist, share and in some 

cases mandate acceptance. 



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mr Tom Burstow, 

head of international inspiration, 

united Nations Children’s Fund (uNiCEF) 


summaries 

UNICEF had been a strong advocate for the use of sport as a tool for addressing development issues 

for many years, and its aim was to be a leader and convener for work in sport for development, 

maintaining partnerships with a broad range of sports organisations, athletes and networks. 

Indeed, sport could effectively contribute to reach the most marginalised and excluded and could 

be used as great entry points for children and young people to access a variety of programmatic 

interventions. It could also be used as a platform to generate partnerships with governments, civil 

society organisations and the private sector, as proven by several projects using sport that had run 

between 2007 and 2009 in over 40 countries. Beyond specific MDGs, sport could also be used 

in the most complex contexts to create the conditions necessary for development to take place, 

in particular in areas of conflict or post conflict and on that point, UNICEF was really proud of its 

achievements and partnerships in that field. 

Mr Burstow also pointed out several challenges that remained to be addressed in this framework. In 

many countries, physical education was not seen as a priority which, as a consequence, had led to 

a shortage of facilities, equipment and trained personnel. There were also 67 million children not in 

school, who were really difficult to reach. It was also difficult to measure the precise contribution of 

sport in contexts where a variety of challenges existed. Indeed, despite the number of programmes 

used that involved sport, the different ways in which sport was being used had made it difficult to 

draw useful comparisons across countries. 

However, he believed that current sports-related programmes were just exploiting a very small part 

of what sport could do to support human development and children and youth empowerment in the 

future. 

mr ignacio Packer, 

Thematics Director, Terre des hommes (Tdh) 

Mr Packer recalled that the challenges posed by the MDGs, and the challenges for the positive 

contribution of “sport” to these, were linked to problems with the MDGs targets and indicators, 

fragmentation and a lack of synergy. 

Indeed, he supported the idea that sports programmes of all types served as tools towards the 

MDGs and had a huge insufficiently exploited potential. Sport was a means to provide psychosocial 

support, encouraging children’s resilience processes. Psychosocial sports activities also did not have 

a primary focus on competition, but rather an emphasis on creating a cooperative and supportive 

environment in which people could give feedback though their emotions, tensions and improve 

behaviour. Terre des hommes had worked with this sports dimension for many years, thereby 

managing to foster children’s social integration and develop their personal and social skills such as 

cooperation, responsibility, trust and communication, specifically in humanitarian contexts. 


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However, while they had empirical evidence of sport’s impact on improving children’s psychological 

well-being, there was however today a lack of scientific evidence to measure this impact. This was 

linked to the difficulties in conducting research in an emergency context, to limited financial and 

technical capacities of disaster relief agencies, and to a small number of validated tools. 

Prof. Tess Kay, 

Professor of sport and social sciences, Brunel university, uK 

Professor Kay recalled that, over the last five years, evidence of the impact of sport had increased. 

Sport had special qualities for engaging young people as it could be attractive and enjoyable for 

experienced and inexperienced participants alike. Sport could reach some young people “on the 

margin” who do not respond to mainstream provision and institutions, and could be especially – 

but not only – successful in engaging young men. Sport could also directly deliver development 

outcomes and education messages and its informal nature could produce open and democratic 

relationships between young people and the adults who worked with them, making it easier for 

young people to ask for the information they needed to protect and manage their lives. Finally, 

positive experiences from sport can transfer to other contexts while developing higher confidence 

levels and improved decision-making and communication skills. Sport could help young people 

assert themselves in educational, family and community settings. 

She also argued that the MDGs were extraordinarily ambitious as they involved empowering 

individuals and communities and equipping them to make informed choices about their lives. 

These were great reasons to be optimistic about sport. Offering sport in the service of international 

development might maximise the power of sport. However, everything depend on how sport was 

implemented in a development context. By engaging with international development, sport was 

entering a different game, played under different rules. There were valuable lessons to be learnt from 

the approaches in the wider field of international development. 



3.4. sEssiON iii 

is sport delivering on Legacy? 


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mr Carlos Nuzman, 

President, RiO 2016 Olympic games Organising Committee 


summaries 

As the biggest sports event to take place for the first time in the South American region, Mr Nuzman 

stressed that the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games presented both big opportunities 

and challenges to the Brazilians and their Government. The same was also applying to the other 

major events happening in the country prior to the Games – including the Military World Games in 

July 2011, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 in 2012 and the FIFA Football 

World Cup in 2014. 

With more than 10,000 athletes, 200 nations represented, 100,000 people mobilised, including over 

70,000 volunteers to make it a success, the Brazilians would strive to implement their vision basing 

their efforts on technical excellence, human resources, and sustainable transformation through 

sport. Going beyond Olympic venues themselves, their strong legacy programme aimed at citizens 

and youth engagement would also enable the city, the state and the federal governments to work 

together on several programmes to improve the population’s quality of life, such as the building 

of new infrastructures, or the urbanisation of the favelas with comprehensive security plans. The 

engagement of various stakeholders to create the largest educational outreach programme and 

recreational activities for young people and the promotion of social inclusion was also going to be 

a great legacy for everyone. 

mr gert Oosthuizen, 

Deputy minister of sport and Recreation, south Africa 

Reflecting on the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Mr Oosthuizen stressed that it undoubtedly proved to be a 

watershed moment for South Africa, helping to rebrand a newly-united nation that had been – in the 

past decades – divided by racism. South Africa was a nation that had seen and recognised sport 

as a movement for good and the human spirit. This event was the illustration of the Government’s 

will to reinforce sport as a movement for good and for change in the current context. South Africa 

had worked tirelessly with its continental partners to ensure that the event would remain true to its 

official call to action. 


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summaries 

In terms of legacy, the event had also contributed to sustained and diverse benefits to the nation. It had 

built a legacy in infrastructure, economic growth, job creation, nation building and upgrading “Brand 

South Africa” in international awareness. To this end, the FIFA World Cup could be considered as 

an important developmental accelerator. The event further had enabled the affirmation of a common 

African agenda of peace, development and prosperity. Concomitant to this was the wish to liberate 

the continent from the perception of Africa as a hopeless continent. More so, in the end the event 

had succeeded to position Africa and Africans as equals amongst the rest of the world. 

While recognising the successes achieved by the World Cup, which had certainly helped South 

Africa in many ways, Mr Oosthuizen also stressed that there remained many challenges for his 

country to continue the momentum, such as maintaining and deepening their social cohesion to 

build the “Rainbow Nation”. 


mr Lamine Diack, 

President, international Association of Athletics Federations (iAAF) 

While recognising that human development depends more than anything else on vigorous economic 

performance achieved through the availability of substantial material and financial resources, and 

applying the principles of good governance in management, Mr Diack stressed that sport, in 

many ways, contributed to a range of human development issues and should not be confined to 

its recreational function. Sport has become a powerful tool of mobilisation which can lead to the 

boldest of social changes, and a vector of peace, harmony and cohesion. It has, for several years, 

played a key role in giving rise to new strategies for promoting human development. 

Athletes had a special role to play in promoting the values of sport as there was no better channel 

to convey such messages to society, in particular to reach out to young people. Athletes should be 

mindful of this special responsibility. 

By joining forces with the IOC, the United Nations system had laid the foundation for raising 

awareness and mobilising populations in a way of which no other social force is capable. However, 

achieving the MDGs, would require all the Olympic Movement constituents to make even greater 

efforts in the four years left until the 2015 deadline. He also strongly argued in favour of including 

the level of sports practice in a country as a criterion for calculating the human development index. 

It would be then easier to make all the public authorities aware of the need to invest more in sport. 



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mr Dmitry Chernyshenko, 

President of the sochi 2014 Olympic games 

Organising Committee 


summaries 

Mr Chernyshenko recognised that the hosting of the Games in Sochi had unified and galvanised 

citizens and organisations all over Russia. Several things would never have happened if Russia had 

not been given the opportunity to host the Games. They had happened thanks to a mental shift 

which now recognised the power of sport as the most powerful tool to jump into the future. 

Mentalities had also changed concerning environment and disabilities, among other things, with 

changes in perception of priorities and acceptance of differences. In the same way, volunteerism, 

which did not exist before in Russia, was developing, now gathering together hundreds of thousands 

of people. 

Numerous programmes and projects were now in place to ensure the success of the Olympic and 

Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, and the Sochi Organising Committee and the Russian people 

were determined to work hard not only to meet requirements and expectations, but even to exceed 

them. In this context, legacy was full of meanings as it would bring sustainable and positive changes. 

sir Phillip Craven, 

President, the international Paralympic Committee (iPC) 

Sir Craven reminded the participants to draw inspiration from the Paralympic Movement, which 

plays an important role in promoting and contributing to the development of sports opportunities and 

competitions in general, and to promoting a better world for all people with a disability, in particular. 

He sees the core values of the Paralympics (courage, determination, inspiration and equality) as 

important in any society as they help people to accomplish the unexpected, they inspire, and, above 

all, as they are an indisputable tool to break down all forms of barriers and discriminations. 

And beyond access to sport and sports facilities themselves, the hosting of the Paralympics Games 

has also transformed airports and public structures to give more accessibility for people with a 

disability. Furthermore, they have become the channel for changing the public’s perception of people 

with a disability. The Paralympics have inspired, excited, and clearly shown the self-determination of 

people to achieve excellence. They have empowered and created acceptance for millions in society. 

Today, disability is forgotten for the benefit of excellence, and this is one of the most important 

legacies of the Games. 


The situation of the expropriation of people before and during the Games was tackled. On this 

occasion, the audience was reminded that the Olympic Games represented a major project over 

several years and that it was necessary to give time to future organising committee to implement the 

Games in all their dimensions. The most doubtful were also invited to follow this implementation on 

the field, as a lot of improvements are visible as the Games come closer. 


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summaries 

The question of the long-term legacy was also highlighted, as funding was sometimes not available 

after the Games. On this point, the important role of government was recalled, as governments can 

ensure that there will be a sustainable sport and physical activity legacy for a significant period of 

time after the Games, conducting post-Games monitoring and providing the necessary funding. 

Finally, the need to introduce compulsory sport activities in school, which would definitely help 

sustain the legacy of a continuing sporting and physical education, was emphasised. 



3.5. sEssiON iV 




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intendant general Lassana Palenfo, 

President, Association of National Olympic 

Committees of Africa (ANOCA) 


summaries 

Sport has been recognised only recently as a tool to foster peace and understanding, although it 

has played this role on the ground almost forever. However, despite such recognition, sport cannot 

be the sole recipe for sustainable peace, but can contribute by promoting core values at grassroots 

level. In his country, Côte d’Ivoire, judo has been used in an efficient way by the sports and public 

authorities as a means to educate the population. Despite the difficult situation, sport has united 

people beyond ethnic barriers. National football players have also joined this approach, showing 

how sport can unite in their campaign to deposit weapons and call for participation in the election 

process. 

He also recognised the UN’s considerable competences, expertise and knowledge, and the work 

they are actively undertaking to promote sport for development and peace on a worldwide scale, 

and in particular at national level. 

In conclusion, he called for stronger support of the development of a culture of peace through 

sport in the future, as it can serve as a platform for education, a tool for mobilisation, a means of 

strengthening individuals and communities, and a source of joy, inspiration and hope. 

Dr Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez, 

Director, National institute of sport, El salvador 

Looking at his country’s specific situation, Dr Rodríguez Jiménez indicated that El Salvador has been 

struggling to develop for years, due to the internal civil war, institutions’ inefficiency, institutionalised 

corruption, delinquency, and also because of unfortunate weather conditions and earthquakes. 

In spite of everything, sport has been an opportunity to embrace a “ball” rather than a weapon for 

many people, and today, the government was supporting the free accessibility of sport for all, thereby 

enriching people’s lives and providing a means for such a poor country to embrace freedom and 

democracy as well as to reduce violence and crime rates. However, he called for more international 

investment in sport in order to make a difference. 



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mr Timothy Fok, 

President, NOC of hong Kong, China 


summaries 

Mr Fok recalled that sport has been at centre of some interesting political moments, such as the 

Ping-Pong diplomacy between China and the United States, the 2000 Olympic Games as a model 

for ethnical integration, and the 2008 Olympic Games, which signalled China’s readiness for a larger, 

positive role in international affairs and an opening to the world. The Football World Cup organised 

jointly by Korea and Japan was another attempt to heal wounds from the past. And overall, athletes 

opposing each other in a competition were not enemies, but competitors. 

In the face of the intractable conflicts that occur in the world, he stressed the need for the Olympic 

ideal of competition in the spirit of brotherhood to be translated into a new reality. 

ms Fani Palli Petralia, 

Vice-President, international Olympic Truce Foundation (iOTF) 

She reiterated the importance of the Olympic Truce as a message of optimism which could not 

solve the underlying political reasons to the various conflicts of our world, but could contribute to 

the cessation of conflicts and offer, as in ancient times, a chance for peace initiatives. 

Beyond this, the Olympic Truce – and the ideals represented by it – is a vehicle of ideas and practices 

for a better future, especially for today’s youngsters. Insurmountable cultural differences may suddenly 

look less challenging through a culture of mutual respect and aversion to violence, and the new media 

and communication technologies give us today an even greater opportunity to disseminate such a 

message of peace. 

Sport, like in ancient times, offers not only spectacle but also an opportunity for peaceful co-existence 

among nations and people by promoting the idea of an international culture of peace. 

hE mr Fred Tanner, 

Director of the geneva Centre for security Policy (gCsP) 

HE Mr Tanner’s presentation focused on the paradox of sport. On the one hand, it is an activity where, 

in essence, athletes oppose each other and, as such, is similar to the conflicts society faces. Indeed, 

some sports are of a clearly violent nature and/or contribute to exacerbating social differences between 

groups or persons belonging to different countries, cultures or other dividing causes, which already 

exist in their respective societies. 


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summaries 

On the other hand, sport can add to a culture of peace as witnessed in several African countries 

(Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Burundi). It has been used not only as an immediate 

post-conflict tool for peace, but also, given its popularity and wide acceptance, as an ideal entry 

point for broader social change. Its power to mobilise people can be used to address other pressing 

societal issues, it can support the post-war reconstruction of economies and infrastructure, while 

gender-based sports programmes can play a vital role in empowering women and girls. Sport can 

also play an important role as it can not only teach children and adolescents how to wage conflict 

in a non-violent way, but can also be an outlet to promote dignity. Finally, sport can act as a catalyst 

for building national unity and identity. 

mr John Clark, 

Chief of uNsCO Coordination unit, Programme of Assistance 

to the Palestinian People, uN Development Programme (uNDP) 

Recalling that half of the Palestinian population is very young, Mr Clark stressed that sport has the 

ability to unite them and educate them for a better future. Some initiatives had been implemented 

in this framework, to support the development of the most promising Palestinian athletes, as a way 

to boost national pride and also promote positive role models for young people. He also thought it 

critical to ensure that the benefits of sport touched the largest proportion of the population and that 

adequate infrastructures be made available. On this particular issue, more investment was needed 

to construct or rehabilitate sports facilities in the Palestinian territories. Finally, best practices and 

lessons learnt needed to be carefully considered and integrated into future works. 


Discussions addressed several aspects of sport’s contribution to peace in various countries, and 

in particular on the contribution of the IOC and the Olympic Truce to this endeavour. The possible 

inclusion of sport in the Human Development Indexes was also raised again. 



3.6. sEssiON V 




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hRh Prince Feisal Al hussein, 

Founder and Chairman, generations for Peace 


summaries 

Since its creation, the Generations for Peace Pioneer Certification Programme has been delivered to 

526 youth leaders, from 46 countries and territories, across three continents, cascading its impact 

to 62,000 children. But beyond these positive results, he stressed that no singular best practice 

or approach will map onto every single conflict scenario. It was therefore necessary to conduct a 

careful assessment of community-based assets and needs before developing any programme in 

this field. 

Moreover, sport is not a cure-all or panacea. As a universal language, and when used correctly, it 

can provide a powerful contribution to peace-building and development efforts but cannot achieve 

major change alone. Integration is a key factor for changing individual behaviour. To change this 

behaviour requires regular repetition, reinforcement and real integration of the values and educational 

objectives into the sports situation itself. 

Finally, he argued in favour of measurement and articulation of the sports-related programmes 

for peace and development in order to share learning. The Generations for Peace Institute was 

pioneering interdisciplinary research in this field. 

mr Joël Bouzou, 

President, Peace and sport 

In his presentation, Mr Bouzou stressed the importance of mobilising role models as ambassadors 

for sport and peace. This was successfully achieved by the Peace and Sport initiative “Champions 

for Peace” with 55 athletes, gathering 68 world champion titles and more than 70 Olympic titles by 

themselves. 

Champions are indeed “role models”, modern heroes, who can be a real source of inspiration for 

young people throughout the entire world. They can also be the best ambassadors for peace at 

a political level, contributing to changing mentalities of leaders and public authorities and often 

convincing them to support a project or to incorporate sport into national programmes for peace 

and development. 


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summaries 

Every athlete can get involved in many ways and according to their means and availability. In this 

regard, Peace and Sport gives each athlete a framework in which he or she can make a contribution 

to peace. To have a real impact, it provides them with specific projects that they can lead in their 

own way. Communication tools are also provided to facilitate the sharing of experiences and ideas. 

These projects are implemented in cooperation with other members of the community – other actors 

from the worlds of sport, government, economic life and civil society- and also mobilise the athletes’ 

own networks. 


mr John Andrews, 

senior desk Officer for Asia & Pacific region, 

united Nations high Commissioner for Refugees (uNhCR) 

Sport can be very useful in the refugee context as it provides an outlet for the frustrations and 

very difficult situations they experience in refugee camps. As most refugees come from conflict 

situations, it’s important not to focus on competitive sport but on fun. As they are also meant to live 

in a community with people they don’t know, sport is indeed an opportunity to have fun for both 

players and supporters. 

Dr Constantinos Filis, 

Director, international Olympic Truce Centre (iOTC) 

The Olympic Truce does not promise peace but it does offer hope and inspiration, providing a window 

of opportunity for dialogue leading to conflict resolution and promoting a culture of understanding, 

tolerance, fair play and respect for diversity. 

For all these reasons, he believed that the Olympic Truce should be present not only during Olympic 

Games but constantly when sport is being exercised. It is important that the true values of sport are 

promoted through the creation of a culture of peaceful living and tolerance. Among many creative 

initiatives and programmes, the IOTC was about to publish a booklet gathering recommendations to 

peace-keepers and practitioners on how best to leverage the peace-keeping value of sport. He also 

stressed that the effectiveness of the implementation strategy rested on youth education, building 

on extensive use of social media, involvement of children and youngsters in activities and roundtable 

discussions. 



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mr John marks, 

President, search for Common ground 


summaries 

Mr Marks presented the approach of his organisation, which used the attraction and values of sport 

to teach communities how to cooperate and solve their intercultural problems. This was done in 

particular through soap operas and radio shows portraying a fictional football team and playing out 

problems that occur in real life, also providing solutions and resolutions to these issues. Football was 

seen as a metaphor for life. In Kenya, the soap opera reached four million people a week, showing 

the power of combining sport with media outreach. 

ms Jutta Engelhardt, 

head of sport and Development, swiss Academy for Development 

Her presentation touched on several traditional levels of sports involvement, such as policy and 

management, while focusing on the dimensions related to implementation on the ground. 

She recalled that peace-building is relationship-building and allows people to meet, reconcile, 

overcome fears and build understanding. It is necessary to create safe spaces where people lose 

the fear of talking about their lives and fears, where they feel comfortable. Using these spaces to 

implement sport is making them most effective in the process of peace-building. 

She also stressed the importance of providing skills-building to people going onto the field, and in 

particular coaches, as it is critical to have the historical knowledge of the situation, to consider the 

different settings and understand the religious differences. They also need to have knowledge about 

conflict transformation and skills adapted to the situation. Sending a coach with non-adapted skills 

can cause more harm than good. 

She finally advocated for more monitoring and evaluation as well as accurate accountability to 

donors. It is imperative to collect the right data, make them available and be prepared to ask critical 

questions in order to improve activities and projects in the longer run. To learn something, project 

leaders must see as fundamental to foster the necessary learning, the critical reflection on what is 

done and the necessary scale-up, because sport can make a difference. 


The discussions reiterated that sport is not a panacea for all problems. However, best practices have 

shown that Olympic- and sports-related education could bring a positive change to communities 

affected by conflict. Nevertheless, it was underlined that, even if Olympic education is possible 

everywhere, it is not sure that education as seen in Europe can be transposed in Africa or Asia. 


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summaries 

The values and interest of sport as a global language were repeated, as it can assure peace, stability, 

prosperity and reconciliation, which are necessary nowadays in many countries. 

Discussions also touched on the special situation of Palestine and the numerous initiatives which 

attempt, despite many difficulties and challenges, to use sports programmes to strengthen contacts 

with Israelis and consolidate peace. 



3.7. CLOsiNg sEssiON 

Closing remarks 

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mr Wilfried Lemke, 

special Adviser to the uN secretary general 

on sport for Development and Peace 


summaries 

Mr Lemke concluded the <strong>Forum</strong> by thanking the organizers of the event, as well as the participants 

for their dedicated involvement, and particularly the UN Secretary-General for his participation and 

essential support for the work being done in the field of sport for development and peace. 

For Mr Lemke, the <strong>Forum</strong> highlighted three main aspects. First, it is essential to work in close 

partnership and to exchange information about the relevant and at times controversial topics in an 

open and constructive way. This holds especially true towards projects on the ground to understand 

both their needs and their difficulties, and to adapt assistance to address specific requirements. In 

this regard, he was pleased by the offer of the Secretary General for a joint mission to the African 

continent together with Dr Jacques Rogge, and encouraged participants to follow this example and 

strengthen their efforts in cooperation. 

Secondly, he stressed the importance of education. While the <strong>Forum</strong> inspired fruitful discussions he 

made it clear that such discussions can only be meaningful if they make a difference for the children 

and youth in the world. This can start with the inclusion of youth in volunteerism, as both the UN and 

the IOC do very actively and with great success. 

Thirdly, in line with the comments of HRH Princess Haya of Jordan, he pointed out that the MDGs 

deadline is only four years away. He stressed that there is not a moment to lose in the effort to work 

together towards the deadline in 2015 and that the time for serious considerations about the steps 

to follow this great effort has come. 

Mr Lemke concluded by saying that it is the responsibility of every participant to play a crucial role 

within their local community, country and on a global scale. Using the recommendations generated 

at the <strong>Forum</strong> he urged participants to work together in implementing them to enable and further 

strengthen sport as a tool for empowerment and social change. 

Dr Jacques Rogge, 

iOC President 

President Rogge ended the <strong>Forum</strong> by thanking all the organisers, speakers and participants for their 

attendance and involvement. He described this <strong>Forum</strong> as one of the most productive, interactive 

encounters between the sporting community and the United Nations in the field of sport for 

development and peace. 


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summaries 

Recalling many positive examples of close partnerships and successful projects, he reiterated the 

will to continue on this constructive path and to apply more resources to human development 

programmes, using sport as a tool to engage various participants, such as <strong>International</strong> Federations, 

National Olympic Committees and communities in general. 

He underlined that the discussions had shown the unity of purpose and vision between the UN, the 

IOC, UN Member States and civil society, and that sport was now recognised as an invaluable tool 

for development, education, integration, gender equality and health. 

This <strong>Forum</strong> had also been a milestone in the relationship between sport and political authorities, 

and a a great deal could be done to improve this cooperation as the Millennium Development 

Goal deadline was only four years away. It was now time to work hand-in-hand at national and 

international levels, with all the academic partners and NGOs, in order to undertake all the projects 

and implement what had been discussed during these two fruitful days. 



4. RECOmmENDATiONs 

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Recommendations 

The <strong>2nd</strong> international <strong>Forum</strong> on sport for Peace and Development was held at the United Nations 

office in Geneva on 10 and 11 May 2011. It was opened by the President of the <strong>International</strong> Olympic 

Committee, Dr Jacques Rogge; the President of the Republic of Hungary, HE Mr Pál Schmitt; and 

the Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr Wilfried 

Lemke. 

The UN Secretary General, HE Mr Ban Ki-moon, addressed the <strong>Forum</strong>. 

The <strong>Forum</strong> was attended by representatives of UN Member States, <strong>International</strong> Sports Federations, 

National Olympic Committees, the <strong>International</strong> Paralympic Committee, Organising Committees 

for the Olympic Games, United Nations specialised agencies and programmes, inter- and nongovernmental 

organisations and educational institutions. 

After two days of deliberations, the participants extended their appreciation to the IOC and the 

UN for organising the <strong>Forum</strong>, which enabled them to exchange views on promoting sustainable 

development and peace through sport. In the context of the importance of this <strong>Forum</strong>, the participants 

agreed on the following recommendations: 

The <strong>Forum</strong>, 

Reaffirming the importance of sport as a meaningful tool for community development, peacekeeping 

and reconciliation, 

Recalling the 2010 Millennium Summit Declaration, which recognises that sport, as a tool 

for education, development and peace, can promote cooperation and solidarity, tolerance, 

understanding, social inclusion and health, at local, national and international levels, 

Reaffirming that the Olympic Movement and the United Nations share the goal to strive for the 

harmonious and peaceful development of society, 

Noting with satisfaction the increasing number of joint endeavours of the sports movement and 

the United Nations system in the field of community development, education, health promotion 

and HIV&AIDS prevention, gender equality, environment and sustainability, humanitarian assistance, 

youth empowerment, as well as social integration of persons with disabilities, and thereby directly 

contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, 

Recognising also the increasing impact of physical inactivity on non-communicable diseases, both 

in developing and developed countries, and in particular among young people, 

Taking into account that volunteerism is a vital component of sport and mobilises people, including 

athletes, to serve their communities for development and peace, 

Recalling the <strong>International</strong> Year of Youth and welcoming the celebration of the Youth Olympic 

Games and their important contribution to educating the young generation through sport to a culture 

of peace, based on the principles of respect, understanding and solidarity, 


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Recommendations 

Recognising that the common vision of the role of sport in the service of development and peacebuilding 

is being promoted through the mandate of the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General, 

Recalling that the IOC has been granted permanent Observer status by the UN General Assembly, 

Mindful that sport alone cannot ensure peace or solve complex social problems, 

1. Calls for major efforts to reinforce partnerships between the Olympic Movement, governments, 

the UN system and civil society on sport for development and peace; 

2. Invites all concerned parties to strengthen the use of sport as an effective policy tool for national 

development and peace-building, and to mainstream it in a holistic and cross-sectoral manner to 

contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals; 

3. Urges UN Member States to strengthen grassroots synergies for community support mechanisms 

and resource mobilisation with a view to implementing long-term, sustainable and cost-effective 

sports programmes; 

4. Encourages governments, and particularly donor countries, as well as international organisations, 

to include sport in Official Development Aid, and encourages the United Nations system to include 

access to sport and physical education as an indicator in its human development indexes; 

5. Requests governments to increase their support for the development of quality physical education 

and sports for all; 

6. Stresses the need for closer cooperation with the business sector and international and regional 

financial institutions as key partners in social development and peace-building strategies; 

7. Further calls for the strengthening of common evaluation and monitoring tools on the impact 

of sport in social and economic development and for more interdisciplinary research to develop 

scientific evidence and good practices in these fields; 

8. Urges <strong>International</strong> Sports Federations, National Olympic Committees and other entities of 

the sports movement to strengthen their activities as partners for development and social 

change, in close cooperation with governmental institutions, the private sector, and civil society 

organisations; 

9. Encourages <strong>International</strong> Sports Federations to organise world sports events in developing and 

emerging economies which can contribute to the building of a sustainable legacy for development; 

10. Calls upon UN Member States to cooperate with the <strong>International</strong> Olympic Committee in its 

efforts to promote the Olympic Truce in the framework of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 

in London in 2012, and to abide by it, individually and collectively; to pursue the peaceful 

settlement of all international conflicts, in conformity with the purposes and principles of the 

Charter of the United Nations. 

geneva, 11 may 2011 



5. LisT OF PARTiCiPANTs 

TiTLE LAsT NAmE FiRsT NAmE COmPANY FuNCTiON COuNTRY EmAiL 

Mr Abdullahi Ali 

Mr Adams Mark IOC 

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Somali Ministry 

of sports 

Director, 

Communication Dpt 

Great Britain afgooyeali@hotmail.com 

List of participants 

Switzerland mark.adams@olympic.org 

Mr Adjei Adu ACRO Ghana Chairman Switzerland adu.adjei@acroghana.org 

Mr Afsharzadeh Bahram 

Mr Aggoune Azeddine 

National Olympic 

Committee of the 

Islamic Republic of Iran 

Federation Algerienne 

de boxe 

Secretary General 

Agra Wolanyo K. National Sports Council Chief Executive Ghana 

Mr Ahmad Ali 

Qatar Olympic 

Committee 

Islamic Republic 

of Iran 

nociri@olympic.ir 

Manager Algeria azzedinelanuit@yahoo.fr 

wolanyoagra@yahoo.com; 

wolanyoagra@sportscouncil.com.gh 

Technical Specialist Qatar albakria@olympic.qa 

Dr Aján Tamás IOC Honorary Member Hungary tamas.ajan@iwfnet.net 

Mr Akauola Mataiasi 

M. Akouala Goelot Pascal 

HRH Al Farhan Al Saud 

HRH Al Farhan Al Saud 

Prince Fahad Bin 

Abdulaziz Al Faisal 

Prince Yazeed Bin 

Mohammed Bin Fahad 

Pacific Islands News 

Association 

Fondation Jeunesse 

sport et paix en Afrique 

Saudi Arabian Olympic 

Committee 


Committee 

Manager Fiji matai@pina.com.fj 

Coordonnateur Congo pascalakouala@yahoo.fr 

Advisor Saudi Arabia saudinoc1@yahoo.com 


Mr Alaoui Slimani Abdellali Entraîneur Sportif Morocco ala_sa2000@yahoo.fr 

Mr Ali Shahid IOC Member Pakistan ssa@treetonline.com 

Mr Ali Bana 

Mr Ali Abadi Mohammad 

Mr Alkaabi Mubarak 

Ms Allemeersch Laurena 

Dr Alsebaie Rashed Alheraiwel 

Dr Alwan Ala 

Somali Ministry 

for Sport 




Qatar Olympic 

Committee 

World Health 

Organisation 


Committee 

World Health 


Mrs Amami Cynthia Olympic Solidarity 

Ms Amant Valérie Peace & Sport 

Mr Andrews John 

Ms Anguera Iglesias Carme 

Ms Anikina Elena 

Dr Aoued Ahmed 

Mr Arene Eugenio 

Mr Arguelles German 

Bureau for Asia and 

the Pacific – UNHCR 

Open University 

of Catalonia 

Russian Olympic 

Committee 

Permanent Mission 

of the United Arab 

Emirates in Geneva 

Permanent Mission of 

El Salvador to the UN 

Adidas <strong>International</strong> 

Training Program 

President 

Great Britain banaali@hotmail.com 


of Iran 


Member Qatar mubarakk@olympic.qa 

Staff Switzerland laurena-88@hotmail.com 

Secretary General Saudi Arabia dr.rashed@saudiolympic.org.sa 

Assistant Director 

General 

Administrative 

Assistant 

Head of 

Communication 

Switzerland 

Switzerland cynthia.amami@olympic.org 

Monaco valamant@yahoo.fr 

Senior Desk Officer andrew@unhcr.org 

Executive Director Spain canguerai@gmail.com 

Head of Directorate 

for Intl Cooper 

Russian 

Federation 

anikaramaz@mail.ru 

Advisor Switzerland aaoued31@gmail.com 

Deputy Permanent 

Representative 

Switzerland mission.el-salvador@ties.itu.int 

Manager Spain german@adidassoccertravel.com 

<strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace & Development Print Table of contents


Mr Armstrong Michael UN in Geneva – OHCHR Switzerland marmstrong@ohchr.org 

Mr Asadov Ismayil 

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Azerbaijan 


1st Secretary Switzerland geneva@mission.mfa.gov.az 

Mr Asnake Wondwosen UNEP Switzerland wondwosen.asnake@unep.org, 

Mr Aubut Marcel 

Dr Ayer Jean-Marie 

Mr Babaev Malik 

Canadian Olympic 

Committee 

World Taekwondo 



Committee of 

Uzbekistan 

President Canada maubut@olympic.ca 

Director Switzerland wtf-lausanne@bluewin.ch 

President Uzbekistan malik.nocuzb@rambler.ru 

Dr Bach Thomas IOC Executive Board Vice-President Germany drthbach@bachtbb.com 

Ms Baddeley Margareta University of Geneva Professor Switzerland margareta.baddeley@unige.ch 

Mr Badiee Aliasghar Innovate in Sport Managing Director Switzerland badiee@innovateinsport.com 

Mr Baines Stephen 

London Metropolitan 

University 

Great Britain s.baines@londonmet.ac.uk 

Mr Baker Paul Youth With A Mission Great Britain paul@bigshotcricket.com 

Mr Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General Switzerland 

Ms Baramia Marina IOC Head of Protocol Switzerland marina.baramia@olympic.org 

Mr Bataille Pierre PLAYABLE Director France pierrestapsapa@gmail.com 

Mr Battle Charles CHB Enterprises Advisor USA cbattle@millermartin.com 

Mr Bauer Harald 

<strong>International</strong> Workers 

Sports Confederation 

(CSIT) 

President Austria bauer@csit.tv 

Mr Baumann Patrick IOC Member Switzerland odell@fiba.com 

Mr Baumann Wolfgang TAFISA Secretary General Germany baumann@tafisa.net 

Ms Beauvais Sophie 

Australian Sports 

Commission 

Mr Begovic Marko NGO Inovativnost Consultant 

Director of 

<strong>International</strong> Relations 

Australia sophie.beauvais@ausport.gov.au 

Republic of 

Montenegro 

marko.inovativnost@gmail.com 

Mr Benon Tristan Université de Lausanne Student Switzerland tristan.benon@unil.ch 

Ms Bereziat Solene Annecy 2018 Advisor France solene.bereziat@annecy-2018.fr 

Mr Bernardi Volker 

Mr Bhandari Pashupati Prasad 

Ms Bierer Elizabeth 

Mrs Bilic Danira 

Mr Bin Swailem Sultan M Fahad 

Mr Bio Régis Lémonn Régis 

World Flying Disc 


Korfball Federation 

of Nepal 

Geneva School 

of Diplomacy and 


Croatian Olympic 

Academy 


Committee 


Foot’Attitude 

Dr Bitugu Bella Bello FairPlay VIDC 

Mr Blanco Jose 

Dominican Republic 

Mission to the United 

Nations in NY 

Executive Director Germany volker.bernardi@wfdf.org 

President Nepal nepal@korfball.org 

Manager for the 

Olympic Promotion 

Committee 

Switzerland betsybierer@comcast.net 

Croatia danira.bilic@hoo.hr 


Chairman Côte d’Ivoire foot.attitude@hotmail.fr 

Project Coordinator 

“Football for 

Development” 

Austria bitugu@vidc.org 

United States of 

America 

blanconi02@gmail.com 

Mrs Bohnstedt Kristina Scort Foundation Head of Projects Switzerland kristina.bohnstedt@scort.ch 

Mr Bouquot Briag Rede Globo – SporTV France briag-nath@orange.fr 

Mr Bouzou Joël Peace & Sport President Monaco jbouzou@aol.com 



Ms Braeckevelt Yasmine IOC Executive Office 

Mr Briedis Julius Vytautas 

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Committee of Lithuania 

Personal Assistant 

to the President 

Chair of Commission 

Culture & History 

Switzerland cybt@olympic.org 

Lithuania komitetas@ltok.lt 

Mr Brou Kablan Marius Arnaud Foot’Attitude Conseiller Technique Côte d’Ivoire arnaud.brou@gmail.com 

Mr Browne Thomas 

The <strong>International</strong> 

Platform on Sport and 

Development (www. 

sportanddev.org) 

Assistant Switzerland browne@sad.ch 

Ms Brunelli Andrea University of Roma 4 Student Italy brune.andrea@gmail.com 


Mr Buchwalder Marc-Andre Scort Foundation CEO Switzerland marc.buchwalder@scort.ch 

Mr Burgheim Jonas 

Mrs Burns Hannah IOC 

United Nations 

Office on Sport for 

Development and 

Peace 

Mr Burstow Tom UNICEF UK 

Project Manager – 

département des 

sports 

Head of <strong>International</strong> 

Inspiration 

Switzerland jburgheim@unog.ch 

Switzerland hannah.burns@olympic.org 

Great Britain tburstow@unicef.org 

Mrs Calles Thais Willsport Co-secretary General France callesthais@hotmail.com 

Mrs Calligaris Novella 

Comitato Olimpico 

Nazionale Italiano 

Italy novellacalligaris@yahoo.it 

Mr Cammarotta Vittorio Stop TB Partnership cammarotav@who.int 

Mrs Casado Estupiñan María de la Soledad IOC Member Spain alfredo.sanchez@triathlon.org 

Mr Castillo Jaime 

AISTS (<strong>International</strong> 

Academy of Sports 

Science and 

Technology) 

Switzerland jaime.castillo@epfl.ch 

Mrs Celestino Anne COHRED Assistant Switzerland celestino@cohred.org 

Ms Chalat Alexandra Beyond Sport Manager Great Britain alex@beyondsport.org 

Mr Challen Timothy Kilimandjaro Initiative President/Founder Switzerland tchallen@unfcu.com 

Mr Champagne Jerome Palestinian Delegation Switzerland palestine.un@bluewin.ch 

Dr Chang Ung IOC Member Austria chang@iocmember.at 

Prof Chappelet Jean-Loup IDHEAP Dean Switzerland jean-loup.chappelet@idheap.unil.ch 

Dr Charaf Tarek 

Qatar Olympic 

Committee 

Mr Chernyshenko Dmitry SOCHI 2014 CEO President 

Mr Chhabra Swaran Singh 

Commonwealth 

Secretariat 

Director Qatar tarekc@olympic.qa 

Sport Development 

Advisor 

Russian 


mtrofimova@sochi2014.com 

Great Britain s.chhabra@commonwealth.int 

Ms Chick Chloe Peaks Foundation Executive Director Switzerland chloe@peaksfoundation.org 

Mr Chirchir Wesley 

Mr Chmelar Frantisek 

Ms Cho Hyunjoo 

Kenya Community 

Sports Foundation 

(KESOFO) 

Slovak Olympic 

Committee 

Loughborough 

University 

Executive Director Kenya kenyacommunitysports@yahoo.com 

President Slovakia sekretariat@olympic.sk 

Delegate Republic of Korea hyunjoocho22@hotmail.com 

Mr Cho Yangho PyeongChang 2018 Chairman Republic of Korea realgom96@naver.com 

Mr Choi Woo Suk Incheon 2014 AIGOC Secretary Republic of Korea psychoproject@hotmail.com 

Mr Clarke John 

Office of the UN Special 

Coordinator for the 

Middle East Peace 

Process 

Chief – Coordination 

Unit 

clarkej@un.org 

Ms Coca Juliette ArgenLux President Switzerland julieta_coca@hotmail.com 



Mr Collins Andre 

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Trinidad and Tobago 

Alliance for Sport and 

Physical Education 

Mr Corlett John University of Winnipeg 

Mr Corp Alex 

Jon Tibbs Associates 

Ltd (JTA) 

Vice-President 


Academic 

Trinidad and 

Tobago 


acollins@ttaspe.org 

Canada j.corlett@uwinnipeg.ca 

Manager Great Britain jon@jtassocs.com 

Sir Craven Mbe Philip IOC Member Great Britain diana.taylor@paralympic.org 

Mr Csanyi Arpad 

Dr 

Da Costa Alegre 

Afonso 

Ms Damerius Ina 

Ms Danics Dora 

Joao Manuel 


of Hungary to the UN 

Comité Olímpico de 

São Tomé e Príncipe 





MSTT Sportinnovation 

Committee 

Second Secretary Switzerland gva.missions@kum.hu 

President 

Sao Tome and 

Principe 

cjoacostalegre@hotmail.com 

Switzerland idamerius@unog.ch 

Senior Advisor Hungary dora.danics@gmail.com 

Mrs De Jong Steffi PlayAble Director France steffi@play-able.org 

Mr De Kepper Christophe IOC Director General Switzerland christophe.de_kepper@olympic.org 

Mr Deepak Ujjwal 

H.E. Dekany Andras 

Ms Deluermoz Cosima 

Mr Dengo Manuel 

Chhattisgarh Motor 

Sports Association 



Canton de Vaud – 

Service de l’Education 

physique et du Sport 


Costa Rica to the UN 

Secretary General India ujjwal.deepak@gmail.com 

Ambassador Switzerland gva.missions@kum.hu 

Déléguée au sport 

international 

Ambassador, 

Permanent 


Switzerland cosima.deluermoz@vd.ch 

Switzerland manuel.dengo@ties.itu.int 

Mr Desprez Stephane FAI Secretary General Switzerland sec.gen@fai.org 

Mr Diack Lamine IOC Member Monaco secretariat-president@iaaf.org 

Mr Dibba Momodou 

Gambia National 

Olympic Committee 

President Gambia gnosc@qanet.gm 

Mr Dielen Tom FITA Secretary General Switzerland tdielen@archery.org 

Ms Dieme Françoise 

Mrs Dippel Marije 

Mr Djomo Tchame Charles Bienvenue 

Mission Permanente 

du Sénégal 

Nederlands Olympisch 

Comité Nederlandse 

Sport Federatie 

(AIPRECAS – Action 

<strong>International</strong>e pour 

la prévention des 

catastrophes et 

du social) 

1 ère Secrétaire mwafmad@yahoo.fr 

Director of 

<strong>International</strong> Affairs 

Netherlands marije.dippel@noc-nsf.nl 

President Switzerland djomotc2002@yahoo.fr 

Mr Drut Guy IOC Member France guydrut@hotmail.com 

Mr Duarte Villanova Carlos Luis RIO 2016 

Mr Dugan Hugh US Mission to the UN 

Director of 

Communications 

Economic Affairs 

Adviser 

Brazil heloisa.almeida@cob.org.br 

United States 

of America 

duganh@state.gov 

Mr Dumon Detlef ICSSPE Executive Director Germany ddumon@icsspe.org 

Mr Edgar Anthony IOC 

Head of Olympic 

Games Operations 

Switzerland anthony.edgar@olympic.org 

Ms El Moutawakel Nawal IOC Executive Board Member Morocco nmoutawakel@hotmail.com 

Ms Elsom Annemarie Comic Relief Manager Great Britain a.elsom@comicrelief.com 

Mr Elyazji Khaled 

Permanet Mission of 

Palestine to the UN 

Mr Emony Mondanga Chico Canal Congo Télévision Journaliste 

Head of Delegation Switzerland palestine.un@bluewin.ch 

Dem. Republic 

of Congo 

cctv.ralik@yahoo.fr 



Mrs Engelhardt Jutta 

Mr Esperon Romain 

Mr Essy Amara 

Mr Evju Bjørn Omar 

Mrs Fang Shiny Ya 

Mr Farah Duran 

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Swiss Academy 

for Development 


of France to the UN in 

Geneva 

<strong>International</strong> Olympic 

Truce Foundation 

Norwegian Olympic 

Committee and 

Paralympic and 

Confederation of Sports 

Union <strong>International</strong> de 

Pentathlon Moderne 

Somali Olympic 

Committee 

Head of Sport 

and Development 

Switzerland engelhardt@sad.ch 


Chargé de mission Switzerland romain.esperon@diplomatie.gouv.fr 

Member Côte d’Ivoire amaraessy@yahoo.fr 


development 

cooperation 

Director 


Relations 

HE Farani Azevêdo Maria Nazareth Brazil Mission to the UN Permanent 


Prof Fasan Clément 

Nigeria Olympic 

Committee 

OVEP Coordinator/ 

Lecturer 

Norway boe@idrettsforbundet.no 

People’s Republic 

of China 

shinyfangya@gmail.com 

Great Britain duran.farah@gmail.com 

Switzerland mission.brazil@delbrasgen.org 

Nigeria drfasan@yahoo.com 

Mr Fatnassi Khaled INDC President Morocco info@nationsinstitute.org 

Mr Fayet Cyril 

Mr Fedosov Sergey 

<strong>International</strong> Platform 

on Sport and 

Development 


of Russia 

Mr Ferrai Alberto Bank Coop 

Dr Filis Constantinos 


Truce Center 

Assistant Switzerland fayet@sad.ch 

Senior Counsellor Switzerland rus.disarm@gmail.com 

Head of support 

services 

Switzerland alberto.ferrai@bankcoop.ch 

Director General Greece filis@olympictruce.org 

Mr Fillon Robert Mission de Monaco Ambassador Switzerland mission.geneve@gouv.mc 

Mr Fillon Mathias Africa Foot Connexion Manager France fillonmatia@gmail.com 

Dr Fiora Paolo 

World Scout Bureau – 

World Organization of 

the Scout Movement 

Director of 


Switzerland paolo.fiora@gmail.com 

Mr Fok Timothy Tsun-Ting IOC Member Hong Kong, China ttf@hfg.hk 

Mrs Forrest Kathryn Olympic Solidarity Project Officer Switzerland kathryn.forrest@olympic.org 

Mr Fradique Alexandre Manuel 


of the Holy See to the 

UNOG 

Member Switzerland alexandre.fradique@bluewin.ch 

Mr Fuller Nick LOCOG 2012 Head of Education Great Britain nick.fuller@london2012.com 

Mr Gabriel Essar IOC 

Chef des JO 

de la Jeunesse 

Switzerland essar.gabriel@olympic.org 

Mr Gaillard Jean-François FIFCS President Switzerland jfgaillard@bluemail.ch 

Mr Gardiner Drew 

Youth Employment 

Network (YEN) 

Technical Officer Switzerland gardiner@ilo.org 

Mr Gasser Patrick K. UEFA Manager Switzerland patrick.gasser@uefa.ch 

Mr Gautier Alain CONFEJES Advisor France alaingautier44@yahoo.fr 

Mr Ghadami Mehdi 

Mrs Gigliotti Paola 





Honorary Member 

<strong>International</strong> Federation 

in charge Human 

of Sport Climbing (IFSC) 

and Social Programs 


of Iran 


Italy pao.gigliotti@gmail.com 

Ms Girard Gabrielle UNIL Switzerland gabrielle.girard@unil.ch 

Mr Giulianotti Richard Durham University Academic Researcher Great Britain richard.giulianotti@durham.ac.uk 

Ms Glassco Lindsay Right To Play Director Canada lglassco@righttoplay.com 

Mrs Gomez Maria Isabel 

Open University 

of Catalonia 

Manager Spain mgomezcu@uoc.edu 



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Mr Goodwin Tom UK Mission to the UN First Secretary Switzerland ukgoodwins2@hotmail.com 

Mr Gumel Habu Ahmed IOC Member Switzerland president.office.sec@fivb.org 

Mr Hadjichrysanthou Andreas 

Mr Hammami Mahmoud 

Ms Hansen Tanja Marie 

Ms Hansen Janeke 

Mr Hansen Poul 

Mr Hanssens Stéphane 

Mr Hasselgaard Anders 

Mr Hayward David 

Permanent mission of 

the Republic of Cyprus 

to the United nations 

Comité National 

Olympique de Tunisie 

Global Education 

through Sport 







Université catholique 

de Louvain 

The Norwegian School 

of Sport Sciences 

Global forum for Health 

Research 

Permanent 


Switzerland marianna.schismenou@cyprusmission.ch 

Secretary General Tunisia president.cnot@email.ati.tn 

Member Denmark tanja0780@gmail.com 

Consultant Denmark janekeeh@hotmail.com 

Head of Office Switzerland phansen@unog.ch 

Belgium stephane.hanssens@gmail.com 

Norway anders.hasselgard@nih.no 

Director Switzerland david.hayward@globalforumhealth.org 

Ms Hoevertsz Nicole IOC Member Aruba n_hoevertsz@hotmail.com 

Mr Holliger Pascal IMBEWU – Suisse 

Mr Holm Kai 

Mr Holubov Oleksii 

IOC <strong>International</strong> 

Relations Commission 


of Ukraine in Geneva 

Coordinator for 

South-Africa, Founder 

Switzerland pascal.holliger@imbewu.org 

Member Spain kh@imga.ch 

Counsellor Switzerland o.holubov@mfa.gov.ua 

Mr Holze Jan ENGSO Youth Chairman Germany kerstin.holze@tuju.de 

Mrs Holze Kerstin 

Mr Horvath Mark 

Mr Howes Geoff 

German Gymnastic 

Youth Federation 



Australian Sports 

Commission 

President Germany kerstin.holze@tuju.de 



Switzerland gva.missions@kum.hu 

Australia geoff.howes@ausport.gov.au 

HRH Prince Al Hussein Feisal Generations For Peace Chairman & Founder Jordan info@joc.jo 

HRH 

Princess Haya 

Al Hussein 

Haya IOC Member 

United Arab 

Emirates 

v.kamerling@hrhoffice.ae 

HRH Princess Al-Feisal Sarah Generations For Peace Managing Director Jordan jstikovac@me.com 

HRH 

Prince Faisal Fahd 

Abdulaziz 

Ms Hubert Severine 

Hon. Humado Clement Kofi 

Nawaf IOC Member Saudi Arabia saoc@saudiolympic.org.sa 


Ltd (JTA) 

Ministry of Youth and 

Sports 


Director 

Great Britain sevi@jtassocs.com 

Minister Ghana ckhumado@yahoo.com 

Mr Huot Alex IOC Head of Social Media Switzerland alex.huot@gmail.com 

Mr Hybl William 

Mr Jalloh Ajibu 

Ms Joseph Véronique 

Mr Jrais Mohammed Sultan M 

United States Olympic 

Committee 

Kingstone Sports 

Management 

World Health 

Organization 


Committee 

Member 

United States 

of America 

wjhybl@elpomar.org 

Director General Gambia kingstonefoundation@yahoo.com 

Executive Assistant 

to the President 

Switzerland josephv@who.int 

Saudi Arabia saudinoc5@yahoo.com 

Mr Jung Jiyoung PyeongChang 2018 Director-General Republic of Korea meerani77@yahoo.com 

Mr Kaganda Deusdedit B. 

Tanzania Mission 

to UN, Geneva 

Advisor Switzerland deoboni@yahoo.com 

Mr Kaltschmitt Willy IOC Member Guatemala willi.kaltschmitt@duwest.com 



Ms Kam Margie 

Mr Kam Woon-an 

Mr Kamiyama Hiroshi 

Dr Kamuthy Jeno 

Mr Karjalainen Joni 

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IOC Observer Mission 

to the United Nations 


South Korea to the UN 


Japan in Geneva 

<strong>International</strong> Fair Play 

Committee 

OMS/WHO – World 

Health Organisation 

Senior Advisor 

United States 

of America 


margie.kam@olympic.org 

Counsellor Switzerland mission.korea-rep@ties.itu.int 

First Secretary Switzerland hiroshi.kamiyama@mofa.go.jp 

President Hungary jeno.kamuti@fairplayinternational.org 

Switzerland karjalainenj@who.int 

Prof Kay Tess Brunel University Professor Great Britain tess.kay@brunel.ac.uk 

Mr Keenan Will IOC Internal Auditor Switzerland will.keenan@olympic.org 

Prof Keim Lees Marion 

Dr Keith Gilbert 

Interdisciplinary 

Centre of Excellence 

for Sport Science and 

Development ( ICESSD) 

University of East 

London 

Director South Africa mkeim@uwc.ac.za 

Professor Great Britain k.gilbert@uel.ac.uk 

Mr Kensington Edward Olympic Solidarity Project Officer Switzerland edward.kensington@olympic.org 

Mr Khosravi Vafa Mahmoud 






of Iran 


Mr Khoury Toni IOC Member Lebanon tbkhoury@inco.com.lb 

Mr Kidane Fekrou IAAF Consultant France fekroukid@gmail.com 

Prof Kidd Bruce 

Ms Kim Nami 

Commonwealth 

Advisory Body on Sport 

IBU <strong>International</strong> 

Biathlon Union 

Chair Canada bruce.kidd@utoronto.ca 


for Special Issues 

Austria namikim7@gmail.com 

Mr Kim Dooil Incheon 2014 AIGOC Manager Republic of Korea vegasdooil@naver.com 

Mr Kirkeby Mogens 

Mr Kissick Alan 

Ms Kitagawa Kazumi 

Dr Kocijancic Janez 


for Sport and 

Development 

<strong>International</strong> Diabetes 


Japan Institute of 

Sports Sciences 

Olympic Committee 

of Slovenia 

Chairman Denmark mk@isca-web.org 

Account Manager, 

External Relations 

Belgium alan.kissick@idf.org 

Delegate Japan kitagawa.kazumi@jiss.naash.go.jp 

President Slovenia janez.kocijancic@jk-consulting.si 

Ms Koenen Katrin ICSSPE Assistant Germany kkoenen@icsspe.org 

Mr Koivu Ari 

Ms Konttinen Anu 

Mr Kouvelos Isidoros 

Mr Kragholm Soren 

Mr Kumar Sanjeev 

Finnish Sports 



of Finland to the UN 

in Geneva 


Academy 


Denmark 

Miras <strong>International</strong> 

school 

Advisor Finland ari.koivu@liike.fi 

Switzerland anu.konttinen@formin.fi 

President Greece ioa@ioa.org.gr 



<strong>International</strong> education 

for Kazakhstani 

students 

Switzerland gvamis@um.dk 

Kazakhstan sanjeev77kumar@hotmail.com 

Mr Kunihira Albert Africa Youth Ministries CEO Uganda albert@aymu.org 

Mr Kwon Haeryong 

Mr Laflamme Jamie 

Mr Lahlou Kamal Hamid 








Olympique Marocain 

Ambassador Switzerland mission.korea-rep@ties.itu.int 

Switzerland jlaflamme@unog.ch 

Vice-President Morocco klahlou1@gmail.com 



Mr Lama Lhundub 

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World Kabaddi 



Chairman India worldkabaddiederation@yahoo.com 

Ms Lardaruccio Chohaib Ornella IOC Project Officer Switzerland ornella.lardaruccio@olympic.org 

Mr Leal Martins Da Cunha Ciro 

Mrs Ledo Isabela 

Mr Lee Joo-il 

Mrs Lee Young Sook 


of Brazil 

Technical University 

Delft 


of South Korea 

to the UN 

Korean Olympic 

Committee 

Mr Lemke Wilfried United Nations 

Switzerland cirolealmc@gmail.com 

Netherlands belaledo@yahoo.com.br 

1st Secretary Switzerland mission.korea-rep@ties.itu.int 

Special Advisor on 

Sport for Development 

and Peace 

Switzerland wlemke@unog.ch 

Ms Lemoine Coutinho Janaina Willsport Director France janaella@free.fr 

Mr Lenglet Olivier CNOSF Director France olivierlenglet@cnosf.org 

Mr Licona Dante GCSP Switzerland dante.licona@gmail.com 

Ms Lijfering Siri 

Mr Lizano Norman 

H.E. Lopez Byron Fernando Larios 

Dr Louw Cora 

Ms Lunzenfichter Marie IOC 

Vrije Universiteit 

Amsterdam 




El Salvador to the UN 

University Of 

Johannesburg 

Ms Lye Debbie UK Sport 

Netherlands thijs.verhoog@gmail.com 

Conseiller du Ministre Switzerland norman.lizano@ties.itu.int 

Ambassador Switzerland mission.el-salvador@ties.itu.int 

Stagiaire, <strong>International</strong> 

Cooperation Dpt 

Director of 

<strong>International</strong> 

Development 

South Africa corab@uj.ac.za 

Switzerland marie.lunzenfichter@olympic.org 

Great Britain debbie.lye@uksport.gov.uk 

Dr Maglione Rabela Julio César IOC Member Uruguay cou@adinet.com.uy 

Mr Maitre Guy 

Mr Makumbe Eustuce 

Mrs Mamon Delia 


<strong>International</strong>e 

de Motocyclisme 

Amsterdam University 

of Applied Sciences 

Grains of Peace / 

Graines de Paix 

Director General Switzerland anne-marie.gerber@fim.ch 

Netherlands e.makumbe@hva.nl 

President Switzerland delia.mamon@graines-de-paix.org 

Mr Manly Noah NEM Consulting Consultant Great Britain noahmanly@gmail.com 

Mr Marks John 

Search for Common 

Ground 

President 

United States 

of America 

jmarks@sfcg.org 

Mr Marschel Peter Right To Play Director Switzerland pmarschel@righttoplay.com 

Ms Mascagni Katia IOC 

Ms Mayise Sonto 

Universidad Europea 

de Madrid 

Senior Manager, 


Cooperation Dpt 

Switzerland katia.mascagni@olympic.org 

Spain smayise@yahoo.com 

Mr Mbayu Felix CNOSC Consultant Cameroon fmbayu@yahoo.com 

Ms Mccoll Kathryn LOCOG 2012 Education Manager Great Britain kathryn.mccoll@london2012.com 

Mr Mccullough Erskine 

European Olympic 

Committees 

Mr Mcwhinney Michael Canadian Heritage 

Advisor to the 

President 

Manager, <strong>International</strong> 

Sport for Development 

France lewiserskine@yahoo.com 

Canada michael.mcwhinney@pch.gc.ca 

Dr Mennel Peter Innsbruck 2012 Secretary General Austria traintinger@olympia.at 

Mrs Merkel-Grafarend Katrin DOSB 


Relations 

Germany merkel@dosb.de 



Mr Merlo Gianni 

Mr Messner Nicolas 

Mr Meyer Jérôme 

Mr Middleton Christopher 

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<strong>International</strong> Sports 

Press Association 

(AIPS) 

<strong>International</strong> Judo 



President Italy gianni.merlo@aipsmedia.com 

Director of 


Switzerland nmessner@ijf.org 

<strong>International</strong> Federation 

Sport Manager Italy jerome.meyer@ifsc-climbing.org 

of Sport Climbing (IFSC) 

Swiss Academy for 

Development (SAD) 

Project Manager Switzerland chris@sportanddev.org 

Ms Midy Marie-Anne European Athletics Consultant Switzerland marie-anne.midy@european-athletics.org 

Mr Minsier Yannick 

Mr Mitchell Andrew IOC 


Belgium 

Secretary of Embassy Switzerland geneva@diplobel.fed.be 

Media Relations 

Manager, 


Ms Moillen Catherine IOC Expert Switzerland 

Mr Mollard Damien IOC 

Mr Momet 

Mathurin Constant 

Nestor 

Mr Moon Hee Jong 

Quotidien Indépendant 

Le Confident 


Committee 

Projects Assistant, 

Sport Dpt 

directeur de 

publication 

Switzerland andrew.mitchell@olympic.org 

Switzerland damien.mollard@olympic.org 

République 

Centrafricaine 

Executive Director Republic of Korea minaworld@sports.or.kr 

Mr Moratti Davide Comitato Balon Mundial President Italy comitatobalonmundial@gmail.com 

Ms Moreau Emmanuelle IOC 

Mr Morozov Alexey 

Mrs Morris Roslyn 

Mr Mottaz Stephane 

Russian Olympic 

Committee 

<strong>International</strong> Sports 

Press Association 

(AIPS) 

<strong>International</strong> Fencing 


Head of Media 

Relations, 


Switzerland emmanuelle.moreau@olympic.org 

President’s Assistant Russia olpalch@gmail.com 

Secretary General Australia rosmorris@aipsmedia.com 

Manager Switzerland stephane.mottaz@fie.ch 

Mrs Moulin Delphine Annecy 2018 Consultant France delphine.moulin@annecy-2018.fr 

Ms Mouridsen Majbrit 

Mr Mungal Mark 

Mr Nahayo Darius 

Mr Naish Jacob 

H.E. Dr Najafbayli Murad 

Ms Nakamura Hiromi 

Ms Narbel Marie Joelle IOC 

H.E Nee-Whang Ellen 



Trinidad and Tobago 

Alliance for Sport and 

Physical Education 

(TTASPE) 


Olympique du Burundi 

Chelsea School 

of Sport and Leisure 

Cultures, Brighton 

University 


Azerbaijan 

Japan Institute 

of Sports Sciences, 

NAASH 


of Ghana to the UN 

Chairwoman Denmark majbrit.mouridsen@gmail.com 

President 

Trinidad and 

Tobago 

mmungal@ttaspe.org 

Treasurer Burundi nahadarius@yahoo.fr 

Staff Great Britain jacob.naish@bhafc.co.uk 

Ambassador Switzerland geneva@mission.mfa.gov.az 

Project Officer, 


Cooperation & 

Development Dpt 

Japan nakamura.hiromi@jiss.naash.go.jp 

Switzerland marie_joelle.narbel@olympic.org 

Ambassador Switzerland info@ghanamission.ch 

Mr Niamkey Olivier Louis Olympic Solidarity Senion Manager Switzerland olivier.niamkey@olympic.org 

Ms Niyonizigiye Dominique IOC 





Switzerland dominique.niyonizigiye@olympic.org 



Ms Noftsinger Sarah Kate 

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Elite Clubs National 

League, LLC 

Executive Director 

United States 

of America 


skaten18@gmail.com 

Mr Nuzman Carlos Arthur IOC Member Brazil presidencia@cob.org.br 

Ms Nyarko Hannah 

Mr Okeya Toshiyuki 

Mr Oosthuizen Gert 

Ghana Permanent 

Mission to the UN 

Jigoro Kano Memorial 

Intl Sport Institute 

Ministry of Sport 

and Recreation, 

South Africa 

Mr Packer Ignacio Terre des hommes 

Minister-Counsellor Switzerland info@ghanamission.ch 

Research Manager Japan toshiyuki.okeya@100yearlegacy.org 

Deputy Minister South Africa enrico@srsa.gov.za 

Director of 

Programmes 

Switzerland ipa@tdh.ch 

Mr Palenfo Lassana Yikire IOC Member France sonewinslow1@gmail.com 

Mrs Palli-Petralia Fani 

Mrs Pallis Theodora 

Ms Pansier Bénedicte 

H.E Park Sang-ki 

Mr Park Yang Chun 

Mr Park Yong-Sung 

Mrs Parker Julie IOC 

Mrs Patthey Mien Tje 

Mrs Paule Tove 




Truce Centre 

<strong>International</strong> Diabetes 





Committee 

IOC <strong>International</strong> 

Relations Commission 

World Health 


Norwegian Olympic and 

Paralympic Committee 

and Confederation of 


Vice-President Greece fpetralia@yahoo.gr 

Deputy Director Greece dpallis@mintour.gr 

Manager Switzerland benedicte.pansier@idf.org 

Ambassador Switzerland mission.korea-rep@ties.itu.int 

Secretary General Republic of Korea leftwing17@daum.net 

Member Republic of Korea koc@sports.or.kr 


DG Office 

Switzerland julie.parker@olympic.org 

Switzerland mingpatthey@gmail.com 

Honorary President Norway tove.paule@idrettsforbundet.no 

Mr Peclet Vincent Université de Lausanne Switzerland vincent.peclet@unil.ch 

Mr Perret Guillaume APACOM Manager Switzerland guit_s@yahoo.com 

Mr Perurena José 

Fédération 

<strong>International</strong>e de Canoë 

President Switzerland jose.perurena@canoeicf.com 

Mr Pescante Mario IOC Executive Board Vice-President Italy s.rettondini@eurolympic.org 

Mr Peters Enrico 

Dr Petry Karen 

Office of the Deputy 

Minister of Sport and 

Recreation 

German Sport 

University Cologne 

South Africa enricopeters@gmail.com 

Germany petry@dshs-koeln.de 

Dr Piccolrovazzi Nicoletta Dow Europe GmbH Director Switzerland piccolrovazzi@dow.com 

Mr Pink Nick UK Sport 


Development Senior 

Adviser 

Great Britain nick.pink@uksport.gov.uk 

Mr Pinto Alessandro UNICEF, Celebrity Unit Switzerland apinto@unicef.org 

Mr Poivey Jerome IOC 

Mrs Poll Sylvia 



Senior Manager, 

NOC Relations Dpt 



Switzerland jerome.poivey@olympic.org 

Switzerland sylvia.poll@ties.itu.int 

Mss Poltier-Mutal Aziyadé UNDP Geneva aziyade.poltier@undp.org 

Mr Porter Don 

<strong>International</strong> Softball 


President USA info@isfsoftball.org 

Mr Powar Piara FARE Network Executive Director Great Britain piara.powar@farenet.org 

Mr Probst Iii Lawrence USOC CEO 

United States 

of America 

aline.chambre@usoc.org 



Ms Puig Brandes Nuria IOC 

Ms Radhi Muna 

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Bahrain 

Manager; Information 

Management Dpt 

Switzerland nuria.puig@olympic.org 

Charge d’affaires a.i. Switzerland info@bahrain-mission.ch 

Ms Rah Seung Yun PyeongChang 2018 Director Republic of Korea flyingchick@nate.com 

Mr Rahaman Tuan Bagus Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. Journalist Sri Lanka fazil29@yahoo.com 

Mr Rajoub Djibril Palestine Mission Switzerland palestine.un@bluewin.ch 

Mr Rbeiz Georges R. 

Dr Re Tania Simona 


Committee 

Balon Mundial 

Committee 

Consultant Saudi Arabia saudinoc@yahoo.com 

Italy tania.re77@gmail.com 


Mr Ribeiro Wadson Nathaniel Government of Brazil Switzerland gladiann.silva@esporte.gov.br 

Mr Ritschard Kuno 

Mr Rizzoli Romolo 

Mr Robertson Hugh 

Ms Rodrigues Frances 

Mr Rodriguez Alvarez Jose Alfonso 

IWSF <strong>International</strong> 

Water Ski Federation 

CMSB Confédération 

Mondiale des Sports 

de Boules 

Ministry for Sport 

and Olympics 

Mozambique Mission 

to the UN 

Universidad 

Iberoamericana Mexico 

President Switzerland president@iwwfed.com 

President Italy presidenza@federbocce.it 

Minister Great Britain 

Permanent 


Switzerland mission.moza@bluewin.ch 

Consultant Switzerland jalfonso.rodriguez@fifama.org 

Mr Rodríguez Jiménez Jaime Alberto INDES President El Salvador fundacionchelona@gmail.com 

Mr Rogge Jacques IOC President Switzerland yasmine.braeckevelt@olympic.org 

Mrs Rothier Bianca Rede Globo – SporTV Switzerland bianca.rothier.geneve@gmail.com 

H.E Mr Roux François 

Mr Rwabusaza Thierry 


Belgium 


Olympique et Sportif 

du Rwanda 

Ambassador Switzerland geneva@diplobel.fed.be 

Rwanda cnorw@rwanda1.com 

Ms Rydvan Darya Belarus State University Belarus luluby@rambler.ru 

Mr Sadr Hamid Reza 

Mr Sahoo Subrat 

Saipa Cultural and 

Sport Company 

Department of Sports, 

Govt of Chhattisgarh 

India 

Sport Consultant 


of Iran 

hamidsadr@yahoo.com 

Secretary India sub.right@yahoo.co.in 

Ms Saito Asami Annecy 2018 Assistant to CEO France isabelle.jalkh@annecy-2018.fr 

Mrs Sanyu Sharifah NOC of Uganda 

Mr Scharlowski Boris 

Mr Schiotz Jan Eirik 

Mr Schlachtenberger Georg 

Mr Schlichtig Jakob 

Deutsche Gesellschaft 

für <strong>International</strong>e 

Zusammenarbeit 

<strong>International</strong> Judo 


<strong>International</strong> Paralympic 

Committee 

AMANDLA 

EduFootball e.V. 

Executive Member, 

chairperson, women & 

sports commission 

Director Judo for 

Peace Commission 

Mr Schmitt Pál Government of Hungary Head of State Hungary 

Dr Schormann Klaus 

HE Seck Fodé 

Union <strong>International</strong>e 

de Pentathlon Moderne 

Mission Permanente 

du Sénégal 

Uganda ssanyu2000@yahoo.com 

Germany boris.scharlowski@giz.de 

Norway jschiotz@online.no 

Chief Operating Officer Germany georg.schlachtenberger@paralympic.org 

Manager Germany schlichtig@edufootball.org 

President Germany shinyfangya@hotmail.com 

Représentant 

Permanent 

Switzerland mwafmad@yahoo.fr 

Dr Segu Estruch Marta IP4GLOBAL Director General Spain jjoseph1988@hotmail.com 



Mr Sehaibani Mohammed Saleh 

Ms Selvararju Usha 

Mr Sepehr Sobhani Khalil 

Mrs Sesay Hannah 

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Committee 


on Sport and 

Development 

– www.sportanddev.org 




Management 

Technical Affairs CEO Saudi Arabia saudinoc10@yahoo.com 

Manager Switzerland usha@sportanddev.org 

Deputy Director 

Human Resources 

Director 


of Iran 


kssobhani@yahoo.com 

Gambia kingstonesportsmgts@yahoo.com 

Prof Shahid Shakeel Ahmad SPEO Pakistan Organiser Pakistan profshakeel2@gmail.com 

Ms Shen Yi-Ting 

Mr Shrivastava Vishnu Kumar 

Mr Shropshire Kenneth 

Mr Sidi Mammar Malek Tahar 

Chinese Taipei Olympic 

Committee 

Chhattisgarh Olympic 


Wharton School, 

University of 

Pennsylvania 

Direction de la 

Jeunesse et des sports 

Advisor Chinese Taipei international@tpe-olympic.org.tw 

Treasurer India vishnu.shrivastava@gmail.com 

Consultant 

United States 

of America 

shrop@wharton.upenn.edu 

Manager Algeria maleksm515@hotmail.com 

Mr Sijtsma Wietze SPORACCORD Assistant Switzerland swietze@hotmail.com 

Mr Singh Jagbir Sports Wing Consultant India sports.wing@yahoo.in 

Mr Sithole Thomas Amos Ganda IOC 

Director, <strong>International</strong> 



Switzerland tomas.sithole@olympic.org 

Mr Skvor Raphael Africa Foot Connexion Member France raf.skvor@hotmail.fr 

Mr Slama Ramzi FIFCS Secretary General Switzerland ramzi.slama2009@gmail.com 

Mr Smirnov Vitaly IOC Member 

Mr Smith Peter 


Management 

Russian 


smirnov@roc.ru 

Sports Promoter Gambia kingstonesportsmgts@yahoo.com 

Ms Solanes Claudia Individual Switzerland claudiasrs@gmail.com 

Ms Soppi Kotto Madeleine 


Olympique et Sportif 

du Cameroun 

Chef département 

communication 

Cameroon camnosc3@yahoo.com 

Mrs Stikovac Clark Jadranka Generations For Peace Development Director Jordan jstikovac@generationsforpeace.com 

Mr Stoltenberg Thorvald 

Mr Stormark Kare 

Mr Suganuma Kenichi 




of Norway to the UN 


of Japan in Geneva 

Member Norway astrid@krc.no 



Switzerland mission.geneva@mfa.no 

Ambassador Switzerland hiroshi.kamiyama@mofa.go.jp 

Dr Sugden John University of Brighton Great Britain j.sugden@broghton.ac.uk 

Mr Swann Patrick Air Canada Canada patrick.swann@aircanada.ca 

Mrs Szewinska Irena IOC Member Poland iszewinska@pkol.pl 

Mr Taghavi Mojtaba 

Prof Talbot Margaret 

He Tanner Fred 

Mr Tardy Antoine 

Mr Taumoepeau Siosifa Takitoa 



ICSSPE, Margaret 

Talbot Consulting 

Geneva Centre for 

Security Policy 





Tonga Sports 

Association and 


Committee 

Football Consultant 


of Iran 

mojtaba73.taghavi83@yahoo.com 

President Great Britain margaret.talbot@btconnect.com 

Director Switzerland 

Switzerland atardy@unog.ch 

Secretary General Tonga olympic@kalianet.to 



Mr Teboul Frederic Peace & Sport Director Monaco ft@peace-sport.org 

Mrs Terpstra Erica G. 

Mr Teymurov Emin 

Mr Thadeo Leonard 

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Azerbaijan 

Ministry of Information, 

Youth, Culture and 



Member Netherlands erica.terpstra@kleinendolfijn.nl 

Attache Switzerland geneva@mission.mfa.gov.az 

Director of Sports 

United Republic 

of Tanzania 

thadeol@yahoo.com 

Mr Tharakan Steve Scort Foundation Development Manager Switzerland steve.tharakan@scort.ch 

Mr Tibbs Jon 


Ltd (JTA) 

Dr Tinazci Cevdet Near East University 

CEO and Founder Great Britain jon@jtassocs.com 

Head Of Physical 

Education and Sports 

Department 

Cyprus tinazcic@neu.edu.tr 

Dr Tognon Jacopo University of Padova Advisor Italy jacopo.tognon@unipd.it 

Mrs Tonge Sandrine IOC 

Ms Toroskainen Kaisa 

Mr Torrecillas Laurent 


of Finland to the UN 

and other <strong>International</strong> 

Organizations in 

Geneva 

World University 

Service of Canada 


Manager, 


Switzerland sandrine.tonge@olympic.org 

Assistant Switzerland kaisa.toroskainen@formin.fi 

Director Canada ltorrecillas@wusc.ca 

Mr Trautwein Menno architecture master Student Netherlands mennotrautwein@gmail.com 

Mr Tröster Achim 

Mrs Urbaez Katherine 


of Germany to the UN 

Misión Permanente 

de la República 

Dominicana ante la 

Organización de las 

Naciones Unidas y 

otros organismos 

internacionales 

Counsellor Switzerland mission.germany@ties.itu.int 

kurbaez@mail.com 

Ms Valdueza Iglesias Virginia NGO Management Consultant Switzerland valdueza@hotmail.com 

Mr Vasiliev Victor 


of Russia 



Switzerland rus.disarm@gmail.com 

Mr Vasquez Alfaro Ruben Eduviges INDES Executive Director El Salvador reva1es@yahoo.com 

Dr Vasquez Ruben Eduviges 

National Institute of 

Sport of El Salvador 

Director General Switzerland mission.el-salvador@ties.itu.int 

Mr Vedovatti Marco Université de Genève Assistant Doctorant Switzerland marco.vedovatti@unige.ch 

Mrs Velez Fraga Clara 

FAO-Food&Agriculture 

Organization of the 


Director of 


Italy clara.velezfraga@fao.org 

Mr Verleger Joern Olympisches Feuer Germany jverleger@dresden.de 

Mrs Verleger Tina Olympisches Feuer Germany tina.verleger@gmx.de 

Mrs Veum Anja Rynning 

Norwegian Olympic 

Committee 

Director Norway Anja.veum@idrettsforbundet.no 

Ms Vipond Pamela Olympic Solidarity Deputy Director Switzerland pamela.vipond@olympic.org 

Mr Wachter Kurt VIDC Project Coordinator Austria wachter@vidc.org 

Ms Wallace Lisa 

Ms Walli Nimtaz Noordin IOC 

Mrs Warner Britta IOC 

Canadian Olympic 

Committee 

Manager, Education, 

Youth and Community 

Outreach 


Coordinator, 


Public Affairs 

Communication 

Manager 

Canada lwallace@olympic.ca 

Switzerland nimtaz.noordin@olympic.org 

Switzerland britta.warner@olympic.org 



Mr Weinberg Ben 

Ms White Deirde 

Ms Wilson Liz 

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German Sport 

University Cologne 

CDC Development 

Solutions 

Department for Culture 

Media Sport 


Assistant Germany b.weinberg@dshs-koeln.de 

President & CEO 

United States 

of America 

Private Secretary Great Britain 

dwhite@cdc.org 

Mrs Witt Katarina Munich 2018 Chairwoman Germany pech@muenchen2018.org 

Mr Wolff Eli Brown University Director 

United States 

of America 

eli_wolff@brown.edu 

Mr Xuza Thamsanqa Goodman Channel Africa Radio Journalist South Africa xuzatg@sabc.co.za 

Mrs Yagodin Desislava 

<strong>International</strong> Workers 

Sports Federation 

(CSIT) 

Vice-President Bulgaria yagodin@csit.tv 

Mr Yamaguchi Taku NGO Hearts of Gold Executive Director Japan yamaguchitac@gmail.com 

Dr Yamamoto Ya-Ya Mayumi 

Mr Zadourian Vatche 

Mrs Zapata Vila Maria 

Mr Zech Florian 

Mr Zeynalli Akram 

Mr Zhukov Alexander 

Mr Zuhairi Imad 

Japan Anti-Doping 

Agency 

Lebanese Olympic 

Committee 

UNICEF 

– Comite de Catalunya 

AMANDLA 

EduFootball e.V. 


Azerbaijan 

Government of the 

Russian Federation 

Mission of Palestine 

to the UN in Geneva 

Manager Japan yamamotoyaya@gmail.com 

Member Lebanon zadour@hotmail.com 

Advisor Spain mzapatav@hotmail.com 

Managing Director South Africa zech@edufootball.org 

Counsellor Switzerland geneva@mission.mfa.gov.az 

Deputy Prime Minister Russian 


Advisor Switzerland palestine.un@bluewin.ch

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