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IOC Dedicated To Promoting Sport For Urban Development

By IANS News September 21, 2023 • 10:16 AM View: 505

The International Olympic Committee: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and UN-Habitat have signed a new collaboration to promote physical activity in urban environments, the IOC announced.

Following the initiatives of Olympic Agenda 2020 and Olympic Agenda 2020+5, IOC is focusing on strengthening the role of sport for sustainable development, by engaging with UN-Habitat's extensive networks of city leaders and officials, reports Xinhua.

"From our longstanding experience of putting sport at the service of society, we know that we have to bring the benefits of sport to where the people are - this means in the cities and urban areas of our world," said IOC president Thomas Bach, speaking at the UN-Habitat - Local 2030 Coalition event.

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