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| First Conference of States Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport: Vyacheslav Fetisov elected Chairman – Justine Henin delivers video message |
07-02-2007 9:00 am The first session of the Conference of States Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport was convened by the Director-General from 5 to 7 February 2007 at the Organization’s Headquarters. It brought together the 41 States that ratified the Convention by 31 December 2006 and took place just a few days after its entry into force, on 1 February 2007. Mr Vyacheslav Fetisov, UNESCO Champion for Sport and President of Russia’s Federal Agency of Sport, Physical Education and Tourism, was elected as the chairman of the Conference. “We need to cooperate and to coordinate a lot of things... and work together to get the fastest possible results“, declared Mr Fetisov in his address to the delegates.
Furthermore, a message from Ms Justine Henin, UNESCO Champion for Sport who is entrusted with the task of helping to promote the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, was screened during the opening of the Conference.
Adopted unanimously by the General Conference of UNESCO on 19 October 2005, the Convention was ratified by 41 States in record time. The fight against doping was thus inscribed for the first time in international law, and governments, sports federations and civil society – as well as the Olympic movement – have been provided with a binding legal instrument.
Mr Phil Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee; Mr Jean-François Lamour, Vice Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and French Minister for Youth, Sports and Associations, also attended the conference, which was described by the Director-General as a “decisive step in the process undertaken by the international community to wage war at all levels against the scourge of doping in sport.”
Photo (© UNESCO/N. Burke): Mr Vyacheslav Fetisov, UNESCO Champion for Sport, during his speech at the Conference of States Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport, on 5 February 2007 at UNESCO Headquarters
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