“O Sport, You are Peace!You forge happy bonds between the peoplesby drawing them together in reverence for strengthwhich is controlled, organised and self disciplined.Through you the young of the entire worldlearn to respect one another,and thus the diversity of national traits becomes a sourceof generous and peaceful emulation!”Pierre De Coubertin (The founder of the modern Olympic Movement) Sport is an excellent and powerful tool to promote peace, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence. Sport can bring together people of different ethnicities, nationalities, race, skin color, culture and religion. Sport promotes values, such as respect, honesty and cooperation. Sport has the power and ability to overcome the intercultural and political barriers. Sport can be the significant component of social integration. This article brings into the discussion the theme of sport for peace and a positive role of sport for international cooperation and peace. There is a limited amount of research and literature on the theme of sport and peace or sport for peace. The unique and positive power of sport for bringing about peace and peaceful solutions is not well researched and understood. Therefore, the reason for this article is to try to fill the gap in the existing literature on the theme of sport for peace and broaden the discussion about it. The article focuses on sport for peace initiatives implemented by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the United Nations (UN) and its agencies, like UNESCO, UNICEF, UNHCR and non-governmental organizations and international sport federations. The article also examines the sport for peace initiatives from Japan, in the example of the Sport for Tomorrow (SFT) Programme of the Japanese Government for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and contribution by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in promoting and fostering friendship, cooperation, and peace in the world.

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体育促进和平：通过体育开展国际合作与和平的新时代

“体育，你就是和平！你通过尊重，团结，相互约束，有条理，有纪律的力量将人民团结在一起，从而建立了人民之间的幸福纽带。全世界的年轻人通过你们学习互相尊重，从而体现出民族特征的多样性。皮埃尔·德·顾拜旦（Pierre De Coubertin）（现代奥林匹克运动的创始人）体育运动是促进和平，宽容与和平共处的出色而强大的工具。体育可以将不同种族，民族，种族，肤色，文化和宗教的人们聚集在一起。体育提倡尊重，诚实与合作等价值观。体育具有克服跨文化和政治障碍的能力。体育可以成为社会融合的重要组成部分。本文将讨论体育促进和平以及体育对国际合作与和平的积极作用。关于体育与和平或体育促进和平的主题的研究和文献很少。人们对于体育运动带来的和平与和平解决方案的独特和积极的力量还没有进行充分研究和理解。因此，本文的目的是试图填补有关体育促进和平的现有文献中的空白，并扩大对此的讨论。本文重点介绍由国际奥委会（IOC），联合国（UN）及其机构（如教科文组织，儿童基金会，难民署，非政府组织和国际体育联合会）实施的体育促进和平倡议。本文还考察了日本的“和平运动”，