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| | Information Meeting with Member States on the International Convention against Doping in Sports
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24-03-2006 - On 24 March 2006, the Director-General of UNESCO held an information meeting with Permanent Delegates whose purpose was to outline the process planned for the promotion and implementation of the International Convention against Doping in Sport, unanimously adopted by the 33rd Session of the General Conference on 19 October 2005. |
He said that the Convention “represents the first time that Governments around the world have decided to apply the force of international law to the fight against doping in sport”.
Addressing the need for UNESCO to take on this task, Mr Matsuura stressed that as a standard-setting agency with a strong ethical role and a long-standing interest in and commitment to sport, UNESCO was deeply concerned about the erosion of sporting ethics and the need to provide “an honest and equitable environment for all athletes”.
Noting that it had been initially hoped for the Convention to enter into force before the 2005 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Mr Matsuura made a strong appeal to Member States to ratify the Convention as soon as possible: “To date, ten Member States (Sweden, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Monaco, Iceland, the Cook Islands and Nigeria) have deposited their instruments of ratification, approval or acceptance with UNESCO. While this progress is encouraging, especially to have three of the five UNESCO regions represented, we will need 20 more instruments of ratification for the Convention to come into force. This is urgently required to ensure that the current momentum in anti-doping is sustained and to meet commitments made”, he underlined. In this context, Mr Matsuura expressed his hope that the first meeting of the Conference of Parties could be held at UNESCO on 20-21 July 2006. “I would like to stress how important it is for all Member States to be well represented in the Conference of the Parties so that they can help to set the overall direction for the implementation of the Convention”, he added.
Describing the various interim arrangements taken within the Secretariat to achieve a better balance of work, the Director General stressed that UNESCO was actively working to encourage the ratification of the Convention and would rely on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to enhance and oversee its future implementation. In particular, Mr Matsuura noted that UNESCO would concentrate on the administration and monitoring of the Convention and develop public awareness-raising, education and capacity-building activities: “Ultimately”, he emphasized, “the goal is to: increase awareness of anti-doping issues; establish a comprehensive global anti-doping framework; ensure that all of the States Parties have in place effective anti-doping systems”.
In order to raise public awareness about the Convention, Mr Matsuura also expressed his intention to launch a website specifically highlighting UNESCO’s anti-doping activities and to appoint a new UNESCO Champion for Sport to promote the Convention and the anti-doping message.
Finally, Mr Matsuura expressed his hope that the first Conference of Parties would be an occasion for pledging contributions to the Voluntary Fund established under article 17 and reiterated UNESCO’s intention to seek to expand knowledge, share best practices and build capacity in all regions in the years ahead. “We see this Convention as a major responsibility. Quite simply, we cannot and will not fail in this mission”, he stated.
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Flash Info n°043-2006
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