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67.
In China, the National Health Plan, which was adopted in 1995, effectively
integrates sport and sporting events with national development and national education
policies. The Plan lists goals and targets, such as building 1,200,000 nationwide sport
fields, thereby increasing the per capita sport field to 1.5 square meters. The Plan stipulates
that all children should engage in physical exercise at least one hour daily while at school.
China has 250 million students at school; thus the benefits of the plan are self-evident. The
plan contains policies for vulnerable groups such as women, children and youth, the
elderly, the disabled and national minorities. The plan also calls for the strengthening of
research into and development of sport for persons with disabilities, the organization of
cultural, physical and recreational activities specifically for children, with free access to
public sports facilities.81
68.
The Russian Federation promotes the establishment and development of national
and international systems of Olympic education, and puts forward its model as best practice
to follow, with 20 years of successful experience of partnership between government and
non-government stakeholders.82
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In France, the Ministry of Sport has a policy of prevention and combating behaviour
that fails to respect human rights and sports values. The Minister of Sport aims to promote
athletes’ awareness of the values of the Olympic ideal to prevent behaviour that would
violate human rights. It also aims to promote sport as a privileged place with shared values
such asrespect for tolerance, solidarity and fair play. In this regard, it has put in place three
interministerial programmes:
(a)
National Programme 2012–2014 against racism and anti-Semitism organized
by the Comité interministeriel de lutte contre le racism et l’antisémitisme (CILRA);
(b)
Government
discrimination;
(c)
Programme
2014–2016
against
sexual
violence
and
4th Interministerial Programme for combating violence against women.
70.
As the media play a very important role in communicating the Olympic ideal on
human rights, significant awareness-raising with regard to the inclusion of women began
with a programme of the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), which had a seat on the
National Council of Sport. The Ministry of Sport provides grants for financial projects to
increase broadcasting time for less popular sports with a view to encouraging the
universalization of sport. To enhance respect for human rights, the Government of France
has as one of its aims that every federation should draft a statute giving effect to the
principles of the charter of ethics and conduct of the National Olympic Committee.83
71.
In Cyprus special sports programmes are aimed at strengthening the relationship
between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities and at facilitating
communication.84
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Long-term awareness-raising campaigns are important to involve major sport
organizers in a sustainable way before, during and after major sporting events. ECPAT,
Terre des Hommes, and the Oak Foundation have conducted important initiatives and
media campaigns to combat the sexual exploitation of children in major sporting events.
The “Don’t Look Away” campaign, led by ECPAT, provides for awareness-raising
activities in the countries hosting major sports events, such as the 2014 Fédération
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