On the occasion of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, on Friday, April 6, the Permanent Mission of Monaco to the United Nations held a meeting of the Group of Friends of Sport at its premises.
Jayathma Wickramanayake, Secretary-General Special Envoy on Youth, Daniela Bas, Director of the United Nations Division for Social Policy and Development, and HE Khaled Khiari, Ambassador of Tunisia, Co-Chair of the Group of Friends of Sport, took part in the meeting.
This event brought together about fifty people including a dozen Ambassadors. During the discussions, the importance of sport was stressed as a powerful vector for promoting tolerance and respect among young people. The practice of sport is also a way to reduce inequalities, especially between genders and to facilitate the empowerment of women, the meeting heard.
All participants posed with a white card in support of the 2018 #Whitecard digital campaign launched by the Monaco-based association Peace and Sport.