United Action Towards Sustainable Development for All Through Sport

Special Event on “United Action Towards Sustainable Development for All Through Sport”, on the occasion of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (6 April) (General Assembly resolution 67/296) , organized by the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), in cooperation with the Executive Office of the Secretary-General

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Side Events
• Video Length: 02:58:39
• Production Date: 15 April 2015
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON; SAM KUTESA
• Subject Topical: SPORTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• MAMS Id: 1335892
• Parent Id: 1334319

Description

Speakers
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
Sam Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the General Assembly
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee
Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee
Mohamed Khaled Khiari, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, Co-Chair of the Group of Friends of Sport for Development and Peace
David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN, Co-Facilitator of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda
Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace
Angela Ruggiero, Olympic gold medalist, Member of the International Olympic Committee
Cheri Blauwet, Paralympic gold medalist, Chairperson of the Medical Committee of the International Paralympic Committee
Billie Jean King, Former no. 1 tennis player and advocate for gender equality
Asha Farrell, youth coach, A Ganar, Barbados

Moderator
Ralitsa Vassileva, international journalist and former CNN anchorwoman

Closing Remarks
Cristina Gallach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information

Special event

Presentation by Kim Yoon-suk, Secretary-General of the 2015 Gwangju Universiade Organizing Committee

Musical performance by Park Hye-jin, opera singer, accompanied by Ms. Lee Ji-yeong, pianist