{"id":17324,"date":"2020-09-15T08:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T08:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uncav-vienna.org\/?p=17324"},"modified":"2020-09-15T08:12:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T08:12:03","slug":"unodc-fifa-partner-to-kick-out-corruption-and-foster-youth-development-through-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncav-vienna.org\/?p=17324","title":{"rendered":"UNODC, FIFA partner to kick out corruption and foster youth development through football"},"content":{"rendered":"
VIENNA, 14 September (UN Information Service) \u2014 The UN\u2019s leading anti-corruption agency, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the world football\u2019s governing body, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to step up their joint cooperation to address threats posed by crime to sport.<\/div>\n
The MoU, which was signed at UNODC\u2019s Vienna-based headquarters by UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly and FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the \u2018Tackling Corruption and Crime in and through Sport\u2019 event, also pledges to consider ways in which football can be used as a vehicle to strengthen youth resilience to crime and substance use through the provision of life skills training.<\/div>\n
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„Sports support the development of children and youth, and\u00a0we need sports more than ever in the COVID-19 recovery to\u00a0make people healthier and happier, and bring jobs back.\u00a0But in order to harness the power of sports we need to protect sports integrity,“ said UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly.<\/div>\n
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„I believe that FIFA, the international governing body of football, the world\u2019s game, and the United Nations, the world\u2019s organization, make formidable allies, and\u00a0I\u00a0am very pleased that UNODC and FIFA have joined forces by signing this Memorandum of Understanding to safeguard football and sporting events from corruption, promote youth crime prevention, and\u00a0keep children and young athletes safe from violence and exploitation.“<\/div>\n
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\u201cSince 2016, the new FIFA has taken significant strides in relation to good governance and in the area of football integrity, including the fight against match manipulation and safeguarding of children in football,\u201d said FIFA President Gianni Infantino.<\/div>\n
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\u201cToday\u2019s signature of the Memorandum of Understanding with UNODC is a milestone for the organisation and underlines the absolute commitment of the new FIFA and myself to a zero tolerance policy on corruption in football: never again! It also shows our commitment to put football at the service of society and to use it as a tool to support the achievement of public policy objectives and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe are proud to have a partner like UNODC as we strive to strengthen further the integrity of football and to use the unique power of the beautiful game to promote values and life skills to foster youth development and crime prevention.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The signing of the MoU comes amid intensified efforts to mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on sport and a commitment to help football to recover from the crisis both in the short term and while the world adjusts to the \u2018new normal\u2019. Against this backdrop, discussions between the two organizations focused on several key areas of collaboration, including child safeguarding and the protection of vulnerable youth in football, anti-match manipulation and anti-corruption, the legacy of major football competitions, life skills development, anti-discrimination, and social inclusion through football in the context of youth crime prevention.<\/div>\n
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The agreement also seeks to leverage the two organizations\u2019 respective strengths to ensure a positive impact on the global fight against corruption and crime in and through sport, and to enhance the positive influence of football on the world\u2019s youth, by building their resilience to violence and crime and promoting fair play, team work, non-discrimination, tolerance and respect.<\/div>\n
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UNODC also agreed to participate in a consultation process launched by FIFA that includes sports organisations, intergovernmental authorities, governments and specialist agencies with the objective of establishing an independent, multi-sports, multi-agency international entity to in<\/p>\n

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