The 7th Peace and Sport Forum was held from Nov 6th to Nov 8th, 2013. Prince Albert II of Monaco, First Lady Ms. Aminata Maiga Keitau of Mali, President Anthony of Trinidad and Tobago, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms. Michel Aliot Marie of France, Chairman of Peace and Sport Forum Joel Bouzou, and other more than 700 governmental representatives, sport officials, representatives of international organizations, representatives of NGOs and famous sport champions from more than 100 countries attended this forum.
Director General of Beijing International Peace Culture
Foundation Mr. Zhao Jiaqi and Chairman of China World Peace Foundation Mr. Li
Ruohong led a delegation to attend this forum. The theme of this forum was
sharing the knowledge and technology of building peace, the value of sports in
solving social problems, sport being the tool of building peace for different
countries, the measures sport shall take during peace progress, and the
continuous input to sport with economic mode. President Anthony of Trinidad and
Tobago said, “As the government, we cannot force the sport organizations to do
things for us, but we can lead them to make the correct choice with political
and economic influence.” Chairman of Peace and Sport Mr. Joel Bouzou said that
taking use of the neutral stand of sport is an efficient way to solve
international disputes. First Lady Ms. Aminata Maiga Keitau of Mali said that
sport could be used as a fusogen to accelerate the integration of new
immigrants. Public Diplomatic Ambassador Mr. Young Sam Ma of South Korea said, “A
series of international sport events organized in Korea have promoted the
physical and spiritual development at all round. Sport allows Korean to become
international citizen in more fields.” Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms.
Michele Alliot Marie of France pointed out, “Sport unifies people while
politics separates people. Sport helps us to understand that the rules we need
are from the spirit of sport rather than political regulations.”
During the communication with politicians, leaders of
international organizations and champions, Mr. Li Ruohong said that he and his
foundation will work with the partners in different countries to concern about
international major issues, alleviate social conflicts, help impoverished
countries and disadvantaged groups, develop brand and resource advantages,
promote the prosperity of peace and sport, as well as accelerate the success of
MDG. On this forum, world fencing champion Laura Flessel-Colovic in France,
5-km Olympic champion VénusteNiyongabo in Burundi and former NBA player Sidiki Sidibé in France agreed to be the peace ambassador of China World Peace
Foundation. At the closing ceremony, Peace and Sport Organization praised the
communities, organizations and projects that have made contributions to peace
and sport.