Welcomes the Secretary-General's decision to renew the mandate of a Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace and to incorporate the Sport for Development and Peace International Working Group into the UN system under the leadership of the Special Adviser; also welcomes the establishment of a UN Office of Sport for Development and Peace, which constitutes a policy and communications platform that will facilitate partnerships, coordinate common strategies, policy and programmes and increase coherence and synergies, while simultaneously raising awareness within the UN system and among external partners; urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider signing, ratifying and acceding to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention against Doping in Sport.

Adopted without vote, 68th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.