A/HRC/27/58 B. Programme support 1. Use coherent, sustainable and integrated sport strategies and programmes to advance peace, development, diversity, tolerance, fairness, mutual respect, human understanding, dialogue, reconciliation, the spirit of competition and gender equality, and to combat discrimination, racism, social exclusion and marginalization; 2. Develop sports and leisure programmes, highlighting the importance of ethical and moral values,108 and raising awareness and understanding of human rights and the Olympic ideal as a means to advance the cause of peace, promote development and combat all forms of discrimination; 3. Invite States, national and international sports organizations, in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) and IOC, to reflect on the design of models for cooperation with IOC and the International Paralympic Committee to use sport as a tool to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict or disturbance during and beyond the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in particular by observing the Olympic Truce; 4. Develop special programmes to provide more opportunities for persons with disabilities to contribute to the expansion of mass sport activities, to encourage high performance in sporting events, to engage more children and young persons, women and girls and elderly persons in sport and to facilitate access and a barrier-free environment; 5. Develop coherent and integrated policies to prevent and combat the trafficking of children in underdeveloped countries, vandalism and violence during sports events, behaviour that is disrespectful of human rights which do not take into account the right of women to sports and recreational physical activity; 6. Draw up and implement codes for fans who watch and/or comment on matches; 7. Disseminate information on sports fixtures and locations to people in all geographical areas; 8. Include meaningful provisions in current sports programmes providing for the use of existing, and the creation of new, alliances between civil society, private enterprise, international organizations and national institutions for the promotion of sport and recreational physical activities; 9. Make values education part of the preparation of athletes. The development of values should be cross-cutting, creating a balanced “participation is more important than winning” mentality, respect for opponents, punctuality and solidarity. Those values will ultimately be reflected in the lifestyle of athletes, who will disseminate them throughout society; 10. Substantially increase female participation in high-performance sports; 11. Publicize and promote sports and physical activities with a gender-equity approach, taking fully into account the different needs of men and women; 108 Response of Peru. 21

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