Olympic

UN volunteers pack donated sports clothes for refugees in Asia

Refugees win as result of UN-backed initiative on Olympic clothing

27 August 2008
Thousands of refugees in Asia will continue to be inspired by the heroism of athletes at the Beijing Olympics, even though the curtain has fallen on the Games, thanks to a United Nations-backed campaign in which competitors donated their surplus sportswear.
Olympic games in Beijing

Ban lauds China for ‘spectacular’ Olympic Games in Beijing

25 August 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people and Government of China for their staging of the Olympic Games, which concluded yesterday in Beijing after two weeks of competition across 28 sports.
Basketball star Yao Ming, UNEP's first-ever Environmental Champion

Basketball star Yao Ming becomes first UN Environmental Champion

9 August 2008
The Olympic athlete and Chinese basketball star Yao Ming has become the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) first-ever Environment Champion, the agency announced today in Beijing.
UNESCO Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura

UNESCO chief lauds United States’ ratification of sports anti-doping pact

5 August 2008
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today welcomed the United States’ ratification of a global convention against the practice of doping in sports, saying it sends a valuable message on the eve of the opening of the Beijing Olympics.