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  • United Nations Special Adviser on Sport Re-appointed for a Fifth Year
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    United Nations Special Adviser on Sport Re-appointed for a Fifth Year

     

    At the end of February, Wilfried Lemke accompanied UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Zambia in his capacity as his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. The visit capped off a busy and successful year for Mr. Lemke, who soon after received an extension of his appointment for a fifth consecutive year.

     

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  • UN Special Adviser on Sport Supports Initiative to Allow Safe Headscarf in Football
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    UN Special Adviser on Sport Supports Initiative to Allow Safe Headscarf in Football

     

    In the context of recent developments in the football world regarding the issue of female players wearing headscarves while on the field, Wilfried Lemke has expressed his support for the initiative driven by FIFA Vice-President HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein on behalf of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to review the Laws of the Game in favour of allowing a safe headscarf (hijab).

     

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  • UN Secretary-General Ban, IOC President Rogge and Wilfried Lemke to visit grassroots sports projects in Zambia
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    UN Secretary-General Ban, IOC President Rogge and Wilfried Lemke to visit grassroots sports projects in Zambia

     

    On Saturday 25 February 2012, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, will jointly – together with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge – visit community sports projects in Lusaka, Zambia.

     

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  • "Ein Bolzplatz für Bouake"
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    "Ein Bolzplatz für Bouake"

     

    Wilfried Lemke's book, Ein Bolzplatz für Bouake, talks about the experiences he has gained travelling the world as the UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace.

     

    In the book, which was released in March 2010 by the DVA publishing house, he reports on his experiences of the past two years in his function as United Nations Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace.

     

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Serving as Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace is a tremendous joy and honor. Having a background in professional football, it is a new and rewarding challenge to harness the power of sport for social progress – namely, for accelerating development and peace throughout the world. My engagement in the world of sport and politics for the past 25 years provides me with a wealth of experience from which I can draw ideas to facilitate the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. To be certain, achieving this goal is of the highest priority to the United Nations family.

 

The aim of this website is to provide information on current events, interviews, articles, UN Missions, media-services as well as a rudimentary history of my working life and engagements.

 

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Yours truly,

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FUTURE EVENTS

THURSDAY    31 MAY 2012    6 PM
‚Sport and Integration‘

On 31 Mai Wilfried Lemke will hold a speech dealing with "Sport and Integration" at the Stadthallte Braunschweig. Organized by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung the event „Sport verhindert Gewalt – Sport fördert Gewalt?“ is supposed to oppose the aggression found in the sport stadiums to the integrative effect of sport.
 

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