A ONE-DAY football tournament
will be held in Maguindanao on April 6 to mark the simultaneous celebration of
the inaugural World Peace and Sports Program, a brainchild of Prince Albert II
of Monaco.
The Philippine Sports Commission
(PSC) organized the football festival as part of its participation in the
celebration of the first International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.
PSC Chairman Ricardo Garcia said it was Prince Albert who personally asked the
country to support the program.
“Other activities are also in tap
during the one-day Football for Peace tournament in Maguindanao in support of
Prince Albert’s advocacy to have Peace and Sport became a global movement,” said
Garcia, who was among the sports officials was invited by Prince Albert during
the the program launch in Monaco.
Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto”
Mangudadatu and Presidential Adviser for the Peace Process Secretary Teresita
“Ding” Deles are supporting the event.
An art exhibit, debate, peace
conference, workshop and open forum on the promotion of peace through sports are
also lined up.
The program was launched in 2011
with the help of the United Nations and upon the recommendation of the
International Olympic Committee to use sport as an effective tool for peace.
The program was already held in
the Ivory Coast, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Israel, Palestine Timor
Leste, Colombia and Haiti, countries which experienced conflict and extreme
poverty.
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