A/HRC/RES/43/18 that the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in the Charter shall be secured for all, without discrimination of any kind, Recognizing the need to reflect more thoroughly on the value of relevant principles enshrined in the Olympic Charter, the International Paralympic Committee Code of Ethics and good sporting example in achieving universal respect for the realization of all human rights, Recalling that the General Assembly has recognized the valuable contribution of sport to the promotion of education, sustainable development, peace, cooperation, solidarity, fairness, social inclusion and health at the local, regional and international levels, and noting that, as declared in the 2005 World Summit Outcome, sports can contribute to an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding among peoples and nations, Acknowledging the revised International Charter for Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport, as proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its thirty-eighth session, in November 2015, and the Kazan Action Plan, adopted at the Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport, held in Kazan, Russian Federation, in July 2017, and welcoming the endorsement by the World Health Assembly of the global action plan on physical activity 2018–2030, Acknowledging also the major role of the United Nations system and its country programmes and the role of Member States in promoting human development through sport and physical education, and the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the United Nations system in such fields as human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, child and youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development, Recalling the final report of the Advisory Committee on the possibilities of using sport and the Olympic ideal to promote human rights for all and to strengthen universal respect for them,1 and its recommendations to States, national, regional and international sport organizations and other stakeholders, Welcoming the significant impetus that the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games and the Youth Olympic Games give to the volunteer movement around the world, acknowledging the contributions of volunteers to the success of the Games, and in this regard calling upon host countries to promote social inclusion without discrimination of any kind, Recognizing the potential of sport as a universal language that contributes to educating people on the values of respect, dignity, diversity, equality, tolerance and fairness as a means to combat all forms of discrimination and to promote social inclusion for all, and reaffirming the need to combat discrimination and intolerance where they occur, within and outside the sporting context, Recognizing also that sport, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and other major sporting events can be used to promote awareness, understanding and the application of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to promote human rights and to strengthen universal respect for them, thus contributing to their full realization, Welcoming the continued advancement of women and girls in and through sports and sporting activities, in particular the support for their progressively greater participation in sport events, which provides opportunities for women’s and girls’ empowerment and the realization of gender equality, and recognizing the imperative need to engage them further in the practice of sport and to enhance, to this end, their participation in sporting events at the national and international levels, Acknowledging the potential of sport and major sporting events, including the Youth Olympic Games, to inspire and educate the youth of the world, including university students, and to promote their social inclusion through sport practised without discrimination of any 1 2 A/HRC/30/50.

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