April 6 is, since the 96th United Nations General Assembly on August 23, 2013, is declared International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. In the Principality of Monaco, it is marked by a large-scale event, the Princess Charlene Rally, punctuated by a strong gesture, loaded with symbol: the brandishing by all of the White Card of Peace and Sport which, responding to the invitation of SAS Prince Albert II, testifies to the investment of each one for peace in the world. The Monegasque Anti-Doping Committee is fully associated with these salutary initiatives.
Sport as a factor of peace
August 23, 2013, on the occasion of its 96rd plenary session, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 67/296 by which it decided to proclaim on April 6 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.
The UN thus put a high point to a large set of previous resolutions on the values of sport and in particular those relating to sport, already recognized as a fundamental right in 1978, as a means of promoting education, health, development and peace (1).
Through the attraction it exerts, the mobilization it arouses, the inspiration it brings, the social ties it creates, sport has a universal scope that allows it to transcend cultures and contribute to development. and to peace, in particular through the tolerance and respect it advocates as well as through the mutual understanding and dialogue on which it is based.
The same resolution called on States, the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Office for Sport for Development and Peace, the competent international organizations and international, regional and national sports organizations, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and all other relevant actors to cooperate and observe and publicize the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.
On the left, Mr. Franck Morel, Treasurer of Peace and Sport, then Mrs. Céline Lubert-Notari, President of the Association of Parents of Students of Monaco, then Mrs. Marie-Cécile Moreno, Deputy Director of National Education of youth and sports, the winning team of the drawing competition, then Ms. Agnès Falco, Secretary General of the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation and Mr. Philippe Orengo, President of the Monegasque Anti-Doping Committee.
A deep commitment
On the left, Adrien Maré, Mr. Philippe Orengo, Kevin Crovetto, Ms. Agnès Falco, Ms. Céline Lubert-Notari
In the Principality of Monaco, on the initiative of Peace and Sport, the organization founded in 2007 by Joël Bouzou and placed under the High Patronage of HSH the Sovereign Prince, on April 6 gave rise in particular to a special edition of Monaco Matin.
But this day is also marked by a large-scale event, the Princess Charlene Rally, punctuated by a strong gesture, loaded with symbol: the brandishing by all of the White Card of Peace and Sport which, responding to the invitation of HSH the Prince Albert II, testifies to the investment of each one for peace in the world.
The Ve edition of this Rally organized by the Directorate of National Education, Youth and Sports in collaboration with the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation, Peace and Sport, the Association of Parents of Students of Monaco and the Monegasque Anti-Doping Committee, a concerned all classes of 3e schools in the Principality.
A full day
Some 400 students divided into two groups forming a total of 80 teams thus participated throughout the morning in an urban route, a workshop and a conference, while also having the opportunity to learn about the fight against doping thanks to the stand held. by the Committee in the small gymnasium of the College Charles III.
At the rate of a team start every 30 seconds, the student teams divided into two groups alternately completed a course punctuated by three tests on the Larvotto site where a refueling point was installed: a 1200-meter relay on an ergometer. rower reproducing the efforts of rowing; a solidarity test held at the Monaco Aquatic Rescue Center by carrying out the stretchering of a victim; an intellectual test, in the form of a MCQ.
The workshop, devoted to drawing, enabled each team to translate their perception of the meaning of this international day of sport in the service of development and peace into a collective work.
The Conference offered the students the privilege of sharing the experiences of two great Monegasque athletes: Kevin Crovetto, Olympic athlete, gymnast, gold and bronze medalist at the Games of the Small States of Europe and Adrien Maré, motorcycle rider, world champion of the 2015 bajas and participating in the 2018 Dakar.
At the end of this busy morning, the traditional award ceremony to the best classes of each establishment as well as to the most united team and the new awarding of the Diploma for the best drawing aroused the warm and deserved applause of all before, in perfect communion, the White Card, recognized worldwide as the specific symbol of Peace and Development through sport, is brandished.
The Committee here wishes to salute all of its partners and is delighted to be at their side one of the links in the great chain of goodwill which once again enabled Monaco to be at the heart of the International Day. of Sport for Development and Peace.
He is also pleased to present on this site not only the drawing that won the competition but also all the drawings which, each in their own way, conveys a message of unification, friendship and fervor: there has in each of us the strength to make sport an instrument of peace.
To see more, see the sites: www.fondationprincessecharlene.mc, www.peace-sport.org, and the Facebook page of the Association des Parents d'Elèves de Monaco (APEM) - https://fr-fr.facebook.com/
Note 1 See, for example, on the site www. un.org and without this list being exhaustive Resolutions n ° 48/10 of October 25, 1993, proclaiming 1994 the International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal; n ° 48/11 of 25 October 1993 on respect for the Olympic Truce; n ° 49/29 of December 7, 1994 and n ° 50/13 of November 7, 1995 on the Olympic ideal; n ° 52/21 of November 25, 1997, n ° 54/34 of November 24, 1999, n ° 56/75 of December 11, 2001, n ° 58/6 of November 3, 2003, n ° 60/8 of November 3, 2005, n ° 62/4 of October 31, 2007, n ° 64/4 of October 19, 2009 and n ° 66/5 of October 17, 2011 on building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal; n ° 58/5 of November 3, 2003, proclaiming 2005 the International Year of Sport and Physical Education; No. 59/10 of October 27, 2004; No. 60/1 of September 16, 2005; No. 60/9 of November 3, 2005; n ° 61/10 of November 3, 2006, n ° 62/271 of July 23, 2008, n ° 63/135 of December 11, 2008, resolution 65/1 of September 22, 2010; n ° 65/4 of October 18, 2010 and n ° 67/17 of November 28, 2012