{{Short description|International recreation organization}} {{one source|date=April 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox organization | name = Office on Sport for Development and Peace | full_name = United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace | native_name = <!-- organization's name in its local language --> | native_name_lang = <!-- required ISO 639-1 code of the above native language --> | logo = UNOSDP Logo.svg | logo_size = x200px | logo_alt = Logo of UNOSDP | logo_caption = Logo of UNOSDP | image = | image_size = | image_alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = | map = <!-- map image --> | map_size = <!-- defaults to 250px --> | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = <!-- 2nd map image, if required --> | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = UNOSDP | nickname = | pronunciation = | pronounce_ref = | pronounce_comment = | named_after = | predecessor = | merged_into = United Nations Department of and Economic and Social Affairs<!-- any other organization(s) which it was merged into --> | successor = | formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|2001|02|28}} | founder = Kofi Annan | founding_location = | dissolved = {{end date and age|df=yes|2017|04|30}} | merger = | type = <!-- e.g., Nonprofit, NGO, etc. --> | tax_id = <!-- or |vat_id = (for European organizations) --> | registration_id = <!-- for non-profits --> | status = <!-- legal status and/or description (company, charity, foundation, etc.) --> | purpose = sport & peacekeeping<!-- or |focus = --><!-- humanitarian, activism, peacekeeping, etc. --> | professional_title = <!-- for professional associations --> | headquarters = Geneve | location = {{ubl | Geneve, Switzerland | New York City, United States }} | coordinates = {{coord|46.2283824|6.1097541|display=inline,title}} | origins = | region_served = <!-- or |area_served = or |region = --> | products = <!-- or |product = --> | services = | methods = <!-- or |method = --> | fields = <!-- or |field = --> | num_members = <!-- number of members --> | num_members_year = <!-- year to which membership numbers/data apply --> | language = <!-- or |languages = --><!-- any official language or languages used --> | owner = <!-- or |owners = --> | secretary_general = <!-- or |gen_sec for General Secretary --> | leader_title = UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace<!-- defaults to "Leader" --> | leader_name = Wilfried Lemke | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = <!-- or |publication = --><!-- organization's principal body (assembly, committee, board, etc.) or publication --> | parent_organization = United Nations<!-- or |parent_organisation = --> | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | num_students = | num_students_year = | awards = | website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20170702034609/https://www.un.org/sport/|un.org/sport/}} | remarks = | former_name = <!-- or |former_name = --> | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} The '''United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace''' ('''UNOSDP''') was introduced by Kofi Annan in 2001. Its mandate was to coordinate the efforts undertaken by the United Nations in promoting sport in a systematic and coherent way as a means to contribute to the achievement of development and peace.
The second UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace was Wilfried Lemke from Bremen, Germany. He succeeded Adolf Ogi in March 2008. UNOSDP was situated at the UN Office at Geneva. There was also a liaison office at UN Headquarters in New York.
The United Nations announced the closure of the Office on Sport for Development and Peace on 4 May 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportanddev.org/en/article/news/call-action-following-closure-united-nations-office-sport-development-and-peace-unosdp |title=A call for action following the closure of the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) |publisher=sportanddev.org |date=19 June 2017 |access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref>
== The UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace ==
Wilfried Lemke from Germany has been the Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace since March 2008. He was named by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Through this nomination, Lemke also holds the position of an Under-Secretary-General. He reports directly to the Secretary-General.
In his position as a Special Adviser, he replaced Adolf Ogi from Switzerland. Ogi, former President of the Swiss Confederation and politician, had served the UN as Special Adviser for close to seven years between 2001 and 2007.
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170702034609/https://www.un.org/sport/ https://www.un.org/sport] (Archived) * [http://www.un.org/en/events/sportday/ 6 April - UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace] * [http://www.panathlon-international.org/ Panathlon], the international movement for fair play, created in 1951, supported by UNESCO * [https://sites.google.com/site/myagenda21org/the-post-2015-sustainable-development-goals/sports21 Sports21 - Agenda21 applied to sports]
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