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International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2021
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International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2021
"Only Together, We Will play again'', International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2021
FORUM: OnlyTogether will we play again . International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2021 . Let's recognize the role that sport plays in communities, in individuals’ lives, in building resilience and in the recovery from the pandemic through online and social media activity in the lead up to and on the Day. The Department of Global Communications , in collaboration with Department of Economic and Social Affairs , World Health Organization and the Co-chairs of the Group of Friends of Sport for Sustainable Development in New York – Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations and Permananent Mission of Monaco to the United Nations – have developed social media and online messaging around the theme of recovery from the pandemic, the importance of equity in that recovery, and what is necessary to build back better for a more resilient and equitable world. Sport can cross boundaries, defy stereotypes, improve our...
Protecting Vulnerable Youths from Crime and Violence in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the international community stops, thinks and reflects on how to build back better after the pandemic , ensuring a more peaceful and just world, the objectives of this side-event are to discuss the implications of COVID-19 from a crime prevention, justice, human rights protection and development perspective, with a specific focus on vulnerable youth. In particular, the meetings aim to serve as a platform to explore emerging threats and trends, possible solutions and priority areas for intervention The side event will address the following questions: What are the emerging threats and trends associated to the broad range of implications of the COVID-19 pandemic as they impact on vulnerable youths? What are the possible solutions to mitigate these risks to youths? What are priority areas of intervention to help ensure youths are more protected in the post-COVID-19 world? The side-event will be arranged around a series of presentations on different thematic issues related to t...
(Re)Building Post-Pandemic Societies: Youth Using Sport to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism.
(Re)Building Post-Pandemic Societies: Youth Using Sport to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism AN ECOSOC YOUTH FORUM SIDE EVENT Tuesday, 6 April, 2021, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EST In the margins of the ECOSOC Youth Forum, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) , together with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) , the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) , and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) , are hosting a side event entitled " (Re)building post-pandemic societies: youth using sport to prevent and counter violent extremism" . This interactive discussion will serve to commemorate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace and highlight the role of youth leadership and sport in preventing violent extremism and ensuring sustainable peace and development.
Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on the role of technology in advancing sport for development and peace
The Multi-stakeholder Dialogue contributed to the 2021 session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD59) , with its focus on Socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all. The event took place on 15 December 2020, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. EST. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , through its Division for Inclusive Social Development (DESA/DISD) has, since 2017, housed the substantive portfolio on sport for development and peace in the UN system. Guided by the UN Action Plan on Sport, UN DESA has been working to maximize the positive contributions of sport through its support for inter-governmental processes, research and thought leadership, capacity development work and partnerships. UN DESA/DISD organized the present multi-stakeholder dialogue as part of these efforts and in the context of the United Nations Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goa...
Securing Sport 2020 Successfully Concludes with Resounding Support of Global Leaders in Safeguarding Sport
The virtually held event under the theme ‘Building Resilience in an Ever-Changing World’ saw leaders from international organisations, government, international and continental sport bodies, academia, and business come together to analyse both the current and future challenges facing the world of sport while addressing international approaches and ways to further strengthen multisectoral cooperation to enhance the safeguard of sport. Among the main topics discussed during ‘Securing Sport ’, were the future of sport in the context of COVID-19, the security legacy of major sporting events, the plague of corruption, the use of big data to counter the infiltration of organized crime into sports, the rise of eSports and technology , child protection, the issue of racism, the role of sport in regions in turmoil and the need to develop an international framework to regulate the use of private security in the context of major sporting events. The event kicked off by Master of Ceremonies, -...