International Day of Sport for Development and Peace - 6 April 2018

Australian Paralympic Committee

Sport can have a powerful influence on national identity and unity, as the recent Australian cricket scandal has shown. According to the United Nations,

Sport plays a significant role as a promoter of social integration and economic development in different geographical, cultural and political contexts. (It) is a powerful tool to strengthen social ties and networks, and to promote ideals of peace, fraternity, solidarity, non-violence, tolerance and justice.

These ideals are promoted through sporting events from the Commonwealth games, to weekend sport and backyard family activities. You can still buy tickets to some of the preliminary rounds and qualifying finals of the Commonwealth games basketball matches in Cairns this weekend. Whether as a spectator or a participant, we invite you to recognise and celebrate the importance of sport as a  fundamental human right for all people on Friday, 6 April.

If you would like to read more about how sport can be used as an agent for peace, look at these great resources from the library catalogue.