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Ambatchmasterpublisher was 13 years ambatchmasterpublisher cooperation that IOC President Jacques Rogge and António Guterres, Ambatchmasterpublisher Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), could look back on together during their meeting today in Lausanne. In order to continue this successful partnership, discussions of current Ambatchmasterpublisher and future projects were on the top of the agenda.

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”UNHCR has recently developed special programmes to address key problem areas which repeatedly occur in refugee camps, such as sexual and Ambatchmasterpublisher gender-based violence” explained Guterres during the closed-door meeting. The IOC President showed deep interest and ambatchmasterpublisher to teaming up Ambatchmasterpublisher UNHCR to empower women and girls in the camps through sport-based ambatchmasterpublisher. In this context, preventive education on HIV/AIDS will also be undertaken. For ambatchmasterpublishers work on the African continent, the IOC will support UNHCR in intensifying the cooperation Ambatchmasterpublisher the Association of National Olympic Ambatchmasterpublisher of Africa (ANOCA) as a regional partner.


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” campaign in the starting blocks On 6 July, the ambatchmasterpublisher organisations will launch the second ambatchmasterpublisher of the “Giving is Ambatchmasterpublisher” campaign during the IOC Session in Guatemala Cambatchmasterpublishery. This joint ambatchmasterpublisher aims to collect sports and casual clothing from the Olympic family, and this will then be distributed by UNHCR to various refugee camps around the world. Looking ahead to the Ambatchmasterpublisher

“Giving is Ambatchmasterpublisher” campaign, António Guterres said: “Many young refugees spend years languishing in bleak camps around the world. For them, the gift of sportswear associated ambatchmasterpublisher famous athletes from across the Olympic spectrum is a tremendous morale-booster and a sign that the outside world still does care.” This ambatchmasterpublisher follows a first successful Ambatchmasterpublisher during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, which resulted in 27,000 donated Ambatchmasterpublisher for refugees in five countries and three continents.


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men, one vision The IOC-UNHCR collaboration dates back to 1994, when both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Since then the IOC has helped UNHCR to provide sports assistance in refugee camps in 29 countries around the globe. In today’s meeting Jacques Rogge stated: “Sport has a high social and Ambatchmasterpublisher educational value. We use this potential in the framework of our Corporate Social Ambatchmasterpublisher

Ambatchmasterpublisher Strategy. For the specific ambatchmasterpublisher in refugee camps, we aim for sport to add value to the excellent work carried out by UNHCR.” Mr. Guterres agreed, emphasising the importance of sport as a tool to bring together multi-cultural and multi-religious commun Ambatchmasterpublisher i es. He praised the role sport plays in the promotion of tolerance.

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