International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

 Reopening, Recovery and Resilience Post-COVID-19. Adjusting Course and Accelerating Action  Through Sport The intersects of sport, the SDGs and COVID-19 point to four key focus areas for the sporting world in shaping COVID-19 response and recovery: promoting human rights and combatting discrimination; ensuring equal access to sport and physical activity; safeguarding participants; and ensuring integrity in sport.  Promoting Human Rights and Combatting Discrimination  Due to its influence on culture and society, sport can be instrumental in promoting human rights norms and countering discrimination, consistent with the UN Charter’s reaffirmation of faith in fundamental human rights, the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women. The strength of sport as a platform to inspire has been demonstrated in recent highly publicized athlete-led actions to combat racism. The promotion of human rights by the competitive and commercia...