Wilfried Lemke
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Wilfried Lemke currently serves as United Nations Secretary-General
’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. He was appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
on 18 March 2008.
Lemke has acquired extensive experience in sports and politics. Previously, he had acted as the Senator for the Interior and Sport and the Senator for Education and Science in the German State of Bremen. He had also managed Werder Bremen for 18 years, and had been in charge of fundraising and initiation of relief projects in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe.
As Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Lemke is responsible for heading the efforts of the UN system in promoting understanding and support for sport as an instrument for development and peace as well as encouraging dialogue, collaboration and partnership. Since the International Year of Sport and Physical Education in 2005, United Nations Member States have better understood the role of sport in development and peace in their national legislation and policies.
The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is based at the United Nations Office at Geneva
(UNOG) and has a liaison office within the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at New York Headquarters. On August 2010, the UNOSDP was honoured by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA
) with the 2010 Monaco Charity Award.
Mr. Lemke obtained his degree in sport and educational sciences from Hamburg University. In September 2010, he has been awarded the title of Honorary Professor at the University of Western Cape, South Africa.
Mr.Lemke is today an Ambassador for Peace and Sport
, a Monaco
-based international organization, committed to serving peace in the world through sport.
United Nations Secretary-General
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat of the United Nations, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General also acts as the de facto spokesperson and leader of the United Nations....
’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. He was appointed to the position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he...
on 18 March 2008.
Lemke has acquired extensive experience in sports and politics. Previously, he had acted as the Senator for the Interior and Sport and the Senator for Education and Science in the German State of Bremen. He had also managed Werder Bremen for 18 years, and had been in charge of fundraising and initiation of relief projects in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe.
As Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Lemke is responsible for heading the efforts of the UN system in promoting understanding and support for sport as an instrument for development and peace as well as encouraging dialogue, collaboration and partnership. Since the International Year of Sport and Physical Education in 2005, United Nations Member States have better understood the role of sport in development and peace in their national legislation and policies.
The United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) is based at the United Nations Office at Geneva
United Nations Office at Geneva
The United Nations Office at Geneva is the second-largest of the four major office sites of the United Nations...
(UNOG) and has a liaison office within the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at New York Headquarters. On August 2010, the UNOSDP was honoured by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
) with the 2010 Monaco Charity Award.
Mr. Lemke obtained his degree in sport and educational sciences from Hamburg University. In September 2010, he has been awarded the title of Honorary Professor at the University of Western Cape, South Africa.
Mr.Lemke is today an Ambassador for Peace and Sport
Peace and Sport
Peace and Sport, "L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport” is a neutral and apolitical international initiative based in the Principality of Monaco and placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco....
, a Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
-based international organization, committed to serving peace in the world through sport.