“Sport has the power to help develop the potential of individuals, communities and nations. It encourages personal growth, is a major force in eliminating gender barriers and can build bridges across lines that might otherwise divide.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
To celebrate the 6th April, Peace and Sport invites you to rally around the symbol of a white card as a sign of your commitment to peace efforts worldwide.
Whether or not you registered a project on the April6 website, White Card allows you to demonstrate your support for the peace through sport movement in your part of the world.
This digital campaign on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram is supported by the Champions for Peace and many other personalities.
Sport for Development and Peace is an opportunity to recognize the potential of sport to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. At the same time, the Day underlines that sports can foster peace and can contribute to an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding.
Sport, as a tool for education, development and peace, can promote cooperation, solidarity, tolerance, understanding, social inclusion and health at the local, national and international levels. Its intrinsic values such as teamwork, fairness, discipline, respect for the opponent and the rules of the game are understood all over the world and can be harnessed in the advancement of solidarity, social cohesion and peaceful coexistence.
For these reasons, states, the United Nations system and, in particular, the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace, relevant international organizations, and international, regional and national sports organizations, civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, and all other relevant stakeholders are invited to cooperate, observe and raise awareness of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on the 6th April.
Published 22/02/16 by Mark McCluskey