World Olympians Association
Volume 1, Issue 3 WOA President’s Newsletter December 31, 2008 World Olympians Association INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Sport & Education Alliance Formed in Monaco IAAF Awards Gala 2 WOA President Dick Fosbury and China Top Ten 2 WOA Director of Global Programs Tracy Mattes attended the 2nd ExCo Meeting 2 Annual Peace & Sport Forum, held London 2012 ORC 3 under the high patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco. The Forum WOA Sport Film Award 3 brought together leaders from the Olympic Movement, the United Olympian 2 Olympian 3 Nations, Governments, Sport Federations and NGOs. New WOA Director 4 USOC Assembly 4 The main purpose for attending the Forum was to sign a cooperative 1968 Mexico City Reunion 4 agreement with the UN office on Sport for Development & Peace, the United Nations World Tourism Dick Fosbury, Tracy Mattes, Wilfried Lemke & Peter Tallberg Organization ST-EP Foundation, The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa in conjunction with ANOCA. Mr. Wilfried Lemke, Special Advisor to the United Nations (ANOCA), and the OlympAfrica Last year ST-EP Chairman Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Foundation. Madame Dho Young-Shim Sport for Development & Peace introduced the program in Monaco The Agreement is to collaborate on was the first to sign the agreement with two pilot libraries ready to a Sport and Education plan to to promote Sport and Education launch in Ghana. create libraries on the 31 IOC programs in developing countries. supported OlympAfrica Youth Sport Within just one year, 41 libraries The first library is schedule to open Centers around the continent of have been created, serving on the Olympic Africa Youth Sport Africa.
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