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Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace Wilfried Lemke

Burundian sports centre a beacon for peacebuilding, says UN official

5 December 2011
A new youth centre in the border region between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will use the power of sports to bring peace to an area historically fraught with tragedy, the United Nations sports and peace envoy announced today.

UN calls for global six-week truce during next summer’s Olympic Games

17 October 2011
The United Nations today called for the traditional age-old truce to be observed during next summer’s Olympics in London, urging warring parties around the world to lay down their arms as the Games’ ancient Greek founders did some 2,700 years ago.

Sport is a vital tool for peacebuilding and development, Ban says

11 May 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the inclusion of sport in development, peacebuilding and peacekeeping initiatives, emphasizing the tremendous capacity for games to educate, create positive role models and reach out to the poorest and most troubled areas in the world.
Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke speaks at the 2nd International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development

UN-backed forum on using sport to spur peace and development kicks off

10 May 2011
A global forum on the relationship between sport and peace and prosperity began today in Geneva with a call from a senior United Nations official to use sport as a catalyst for achieving the social and economic targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace Wilfried Lemke

UN envoy on sport for peace cheers young Palestinian women footballers

10 February 2011
The United Nations special envoy on sport today concluded a five-day mission to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by watching a football match between two women’s teams in the West Bank, an event he said filled him with optimism for the cause of gender equality in the region.