A/HRC/27/58 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 69. 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 72. 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 81 82 83 84 16 Response of China Response of Russian Federation. Response of France. Response of Cyprus.

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