A/HRC/RES/43/18 1. Encourages States to promote sport as a means to combat all forms of discrimination; 2. Calls upon States to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee in their efforts to use sport as a tool to promote human rights, development, peace, dialogue and reconciliation during and beyond the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in particular by observing the Olympic Truce; 3. Encourages States to adopt best practices and means to promote the practice of sport and physical activities by all members of society, and to cultivate a sports culture in society; 4. Invites States and national, regional and international sports organizations to, where appropriate, implement new or strengthen existing programmes that provide more opportunities and facilitate barrier-free access to sport for all, in particular for children and youth, persons with disabilities, and women and girls, and substantially increase opportunities for women’s participation and leadership in all areas of sport, and in this regard encourages States to leverage sport and physical education policies and programmes to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; 5. Encourages States and national, regional and international sports organizations to enhance human rights awareness and education, including the values of sport, of athletes, coaches and other sports officials; 6. Calls upon States to take effective measures to address vandalism and violence during and around sporting events while respecting and protecting human rights, and to encourage national, regional and international sports organizations to contribute to that end; 7. Welcomes the cooperation among Member States, the United Nations and its specialized agencies, funds and programmes, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee to maximize the potential of sport to make a meaningful and sustainable contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and encourages the Olympic and Paralympic Movements to work closely with national, regional and international sport organizations on the use of sport for this purpose; 8. Decides, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, to postpone the quadrennial thematic panel discussion on promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal, as already incorporated into the programme of work of the Human Rights Council in its resolution 37/18 and due to be held at its forty-fourth session, to its forty-seventh session, prior to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, programmed for 2021, using for this purpose the funds already allocated for the forty-fourth session, in accordance with Council resolution 37/18; 9. Also decides that the title of the above-mentioned thematic panel discussion, which will be fully accessible to persons with disabilities, will be “The potential of leveraging sport and the Olympic ideal for promoting human rights for young people”; 10. Further decides to remain seized of the matter. 45th meeting 22 June 2020 [Adopted without a vote.] 4