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An activity: The UN Inter-agency Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace has defined sport as comprising all forms of physical activities that allow social interaction and contribute to maintaining good physical and mental health. This includes games, occasional or competitive sports, as well as traditional or indigenous sports. Access to sport and physical activity is recognized as a fundamental right for all, in accordance with article 1 of the 1978 International Charter of Physical Education and Sport of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
A tool for peace: Although sport is apolitical, it has often helped to restore dialogue when political, cultural or religious tensions arose....