# United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace **Domain:** UN institutional history **Doc Type:** Developed Organization Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition The **United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP)** coordinated UN activity using sport for development and peace for roughly seventeen years. The Secretary-General closed it effective 30 April 2017 and shifted toward a direct UN–IOC partnership; portfolio functions moved to the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. ## Significance UNOSDP shows sport treated as institutional infrastructure rather than decorative outreach. Its closure and replacement must be described precisely: it documents reorganization around partnership, not that the IOC formally replaced the UN. ## Sources - UN Archives, [Sport for Development and Peace](https://archives.un.org/en/content/sport-development-and-peace) - UN press briefing, [Closure of UNOSDP](https://press.un.org/en/2017/db170504.doc.htm) ## Routes [[wiki/Sport at the Service of Humanity|Sport at the Service of Humanity]] · [[wiki/International Olympic Committee|International Olympic Committee]] · [[wiki/Olympic Truce|Olympic Truce]] · [[wiki/UN-IOC Partnership|UN–IOC Partnership]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]