The United Nations has declared 2005 the
International Year of Sport and Physical Education
Kofi Annan says:
"Sport is an international language that can bring people together, no matter what their origin, background, religious beliefs or economic status."
"The International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE 2005) provides a unique opportunity to focus the world’s attention on the importance of sport in society and on how sport and physical education programmes can be used as tools to help combat challenges such as extreme poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS and help achieve the Millennium Development Goals."
What do you think about the potential of sport to promote peace, to bring people of different backgrounds together?
Mary
By the way, if you are organizing an event which you believe fits the criteria of the International Year of Sport and Physical Education, you can contact the UN for sponsorship (no $$ though, just their blessings!) I got it for my Strait of Messina swim!
Parents
Former Member
Gee Tom, I was thinking about putting up a similar post, but you saved me the trouble!
If Annan is pushing The International Year of Sport and Physical Education" I have to ask.... what's in it for him?
Originally posted by Tom Ellison
"Quote Annan"
"The International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE 2005) provides a unique opportunity to focus the world’s attention on the importance of sport in society and on how sport and physical education programs can be used as tools to help combat challenges ....."
Gosh, Annan’s new focus on Sports is all the more remarkable for the fact that they are made against the backdrop of the biggest scandal in U.N. history, the ill-fated Oil-for-Food program, now the subject of at least four congressional investigations, three U.S. federal investigations, as well as a U.N.-appointed commission of inquiry, the Volcker Commission.
Several questions remain regarding Kofi Annan:
1. Did the U.N. Secretary-General deliberately turn a blind eye to U.N. mismanagement and corruption in overseeing the Oil-for-Food program?
2. Did he sympathize with the efforts of Saddam Hussein and key members of the Security Council to lift U.N. sanctions against Iraq?
3. Were efforts made by the Hussein regime to influence the actions and decisions of the Secretary-General with regard to Iraq?
4. Was Annan influenced in his decision-making regarding the program by his son’s involvement with Cotecna?
5. What was Annan's involvement ($ reward) in the Oil-for Food program?
I think the Sports bodies around the world can do without UN help or intervention.....at least until they get their ducks in a huddle.....
Gee Tom, I was thinking about putting up a similar post, but you saved me the trouble!
If Annan is pushing The International Year of Sport and Physical Education" I have to ask.... what's in it for him?
Originally posted by Tom Ellison
"Quote Annan"
"The International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE 2005) provides a unique opportunity to focus the world’s attention on the importance of sport in society and on how sport and physical education programs can be used as tools to help combat challenges ....."
Gosh, Annan’s new focus on Sports is all the more remarkable for the fact that they are made against the backdrop of the biggest scandal in U.N. history, the ill-fated Oil-for-Food program, now the subject of at least four congressional investigations, three U.S. federal investigations, as well as a U.N.-appointed commission of inquiry, the Volcker Commission.
Several questions remain regarding Kofi Annan:
1. Did the U.N. Secretary-General deliberately turn a blind eye to U.N. mismanagement and corruption in overseeing the Oil-for-Food program?
2. Did he sympathize with the efforts of Saddam Hussein and key members of the Security Council to lift U.N. sanctions against Iraq?
3. Were efforts made by the Hussein regime to influence the actions and decisions of the Secretary-General with regard to Iraq?
4. Was Annan influenced in his decision-making regarding the program by his son’s involvement with Cotecna?
5. What was Annan's involvement ($ reward) in the Oil-for Food program?
I think the Sports bodies around the world can do without UN help or intervention.....at least until they get their ducks in a huddle.....
