Marianna Vardinoyannis bestows the UNESCO Sports Prize
18-01-2005 3:00 pm In a special ceremony held in Athens on 18 January 2005 UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinnoyanis handed over, on behalf of the Director-General Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, the Diploma of the “Official UNESCO prize for distinguished services to physical education and sport” to Olympic Gold Medallist Voula Patoulidou. Mrs Vardinoyannis underlined that this UNESCO award conveys a very strong message as it constitutes an exceptional ethical framework for young people worldwide. The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador also highlighted UNESCO’s efforts to draw up the Preliminary Draft of the International Convention Against Doping in Sport.
UNESCO’s prize, created in 2002, is attributed every two years to reward distinguished services to physical education and sport.
