A/RES/64/4 and welcomed the establishment of a United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace, Recognizing that the goal of the Olympic movement is to build a peaceful and better world by educating the youth of the world through sport, practised without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which is based on mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair play, Welcoming the joint endeavours of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the United Nations system in such fields as human development, poverty alleviation, humanitarian assistance, health promotion, HIV and AIDS prevention, youth education, gender equality, peacebuilding and sustainable development, Recalling the relevant articles on leisure, recreation, sport and play of international conventions, including article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2 recognizing the right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport, 1F Noting that the XXI Olympic Winter Games will take place from 12 to 28 February 2010 and the X Paralympic Winter Games will take place from 12 to 21 March 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, with the aim of upholding sport as an inspirational means to promote peace, inclusivity, indigenous participation, social and environmental responsibility and meaningful legacies for future generations, Noting also that the inaugural Youth Olympic Games will take place from 14 to 26 August 2010, in Singapore, with the aim of inspiring the youth of the world through an integrated sport, culture and education experience to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values, Noting with satisfaction the flying of the United Nations flag at the competition sites of the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, 1. Urges Member States to observe, within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations, the Olympic Truce, individually and collectively, during the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games; Welcomes the decisions of the International Olympic Committee and the 2. International Paralympic Committee to mobilize international sports organizations and the National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic Committees of Member States to undertake concrete actions at the local, national, regional and world levels to promote and strengthen a culture of peace based on the spirit of the Olympic Truce, and invites those organizations and national committees to share information and best practices, as appropriate; Calls upon all Member States to cooperate with the International 3. Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee in their efforts to use sport as a tool to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during the period of the Olympic Games and beyond; Requests the Secretary-General to promote the observance of the 4. Olympic Truce among Member States and support for human development initiatives through sport and to cooperate with the International Olympic _______________ 2 2 Resolution 61/106, annex I.