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Page 13 / 46 summaries 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. <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace & Development Print Table of contents
3.3. sEssiON ii sport as a Catalyst for Achieving the mDgs – implementation perspective Keynote addresses Page 14 / 46 hE ms Frances Rodrigues, Permanent Representative of mozambique to the uN <strong>2nd</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Forum</strong> on Sport for Peace & Development 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. Print Table of contents
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