Paris, 28 August, 2010 – At the Yonex Badminton World Championships 2010, currently taking place in Paris, Peace and Sport and the Badminton World Federation (BWF) signed a global partnership agreement to develop joint programs for peace-promotion.

This association will increase the operational capacities of Peace and Sport, an international initiative placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, which works to reconcile divided communities by establishing communication and dialogue through sport. It will provide material support, technical resources and expertise from the BWF to lead programs for peace education for thousands of young people in need throughout the world.

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The French football champion and ‘Champion for Peace’ Christian Karembeu is currently on an official trip to Haiti with Peace and Sport. He is conducting football training sessions with children in survivor camps and participating in a program run by the Haitian Olympic Committee (HOC) to bring them psychosocial support.

5 tons of sports equipment have been collected and sent to Haiti by Peace and Sport as part of its ‘Sport Solidarity for Haiti’ operation.

Consequently, 35,000 youngsters are able to benefit from the HOC program, which gives them access to a variety of different sports activities every week (football, volleyball, basketball, judo, chess etc.). Nearly 200 sports instructors have been recruited as part of this initiative.

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On 10-13 August, Joel Bouzou, President and Founder of "Peace and Sport, l’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport" and Christian Karembeu, French football player in the World Cup winning team in 1998, will visit Haiti to underpin the role that sport can play in efforts to rebuild the country.

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Introducing ‘Together. Building Sustainable Peace Through Sport’, the digital magazine that provides your essential guide to the Peace and Sport organisation and its activities.

In this first edition, we look at the people and programmes behind the organisation’s latest campaigns with particular reference to the ‘Sport Solidarity for Haiti’ operation, which is helping to rebuild the lives of Haitian children in the wake of this year’s devastating earthquake.

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Monaco, July 22, 2010 - The world elite of athletics gathered in Monaco for Herculis 2010 (a Samsung Diamond League meeting) overwhelmingly brought their support to the “Sport Solidarity for Haiti" operation coordinated by Peace and Sport to help young Haitian survivors of the devastating earthquake of 12 January.

"Sport Solidarity for Haiti” was launched 4 months ago with the objective of collecting sports equipment and funds to donate to the Haitian Olympic Committee (HOC).In partnership with Peace and Sport under the sponsorship of UNICEF, the HOC uses the equipment to provide sports activities for children and adolescents from 3-18 years living in Survivor Camps in Port-au-Prince and Léogâne. Using sport, this program helps young people to rediscover landmarks in life and evacuate the trauma of the earthquake, thus giving them a structured living environment. 30,000 young people are already benefiting from the program each week.

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1000m at Herculis on 22 July will be dedicated to sport solidarity with Haiti

Monaco, 21 July, 2010 – Marking this Thursday’s meeting ‘Herculis 2010’ - Peace and Sport and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today signed a global partnership agreement to implement joint programmes for peace-promotion and peace-building through sport in the world.

This partnership will strengthen the intervention capabilities of Peace and Sport, the international initiative that works to reconcile communities and encourage dialogue through sport. It will now benefit from the IAAF’s
support, technical resources and expertise, so that concrete action can be taken to help thousands of young people in distress around the globe.

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London 21 June, 2010 - Lotto testimonials Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Indian and Pakistani respectively, have decided to join forces as a doubles team at Wimbledon to help promote peace.

The two players, along with Peace and Sport, the Monaco-based and neutral international organization that works towards bringing together divided communities worldwide by encouraging dialogue and reconciliation through sport, have decided to team up at this prestigious sporting event, in order to help maintain and promote peace in their neighbouring countries.

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Bangalore, Monaco, 18 June 2010 – Leading Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna was today named a "Champion for Peace". He joins a group of 47 major international athletes committed to serving peace through sport in the world.

Created at the initiative of "Peace and Sport", a neutral international organization under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, the "Champions for Peace" club includes elite athletes representing 27 different nationalities. They embody 26 Olympic and non-Olympic sports disciplines, boasting a total of 49 World Champions, 20 Olympic Champions and more than a hundred national and regional titles!

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World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk recently visited Colombia to show the joys of chess to hundreds of underprivileged children in Puerto Tejada, near Cali.

The "Chess Queen" officially opened the program "Ajedrez por la Paz" (Chess for Peace) launched by "Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport” in partnership with a local NGO called Colombianitos and the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

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Paris, 7 May 2010 - "Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix Par le Sport" placed under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, and KUBE, manufacturer of luxury designer sports balls, will unite around a common cause to help Haiti at the World Charity Soccer 2010 event which will be held on 19 May at Paris’ Charlety stadium.

On top of the match played by celebrities and professional footballers, Peace and Sport and KUBE will have a joint stand in the Haitian village, where spectators and visitors can purchase the designer’s limited-edition footballs. The flagship model will be the “African Colors Project” ball specially designed for KUBE by the African stylist MALI SOULE for the Football World Cup 2010.

For each ball purchased, one will be donated to the Haitian Olympic Committee (HOC).

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Monaco, Brussels, 8 April 2010 – On the occasion of the first Winter Military World Games that took place from 20-25 March in the Italian town of Aosta, Major General Dr. Gianni Gola, President of the International Military Sports Council (CISM) was appointed as an international Ambassador for “Peace and Sport,  l’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport ".

Major General Gola was presented with an emblem of a Golden Dove, to symbolize his commitment, by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Patron of Peace and Sport, and Joel Bouzou, President and Founder of Peace and Sport. The ceremony took place at the end of CISM ‘Sport for Peace' Forum which was held immediately prior to the Military Games.

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