Thank you, President Thomas Bach, Dr Richard Budget, and your colleagues at the IOC for your work in fostering this collaboration.Thank you also for your support of the COVID-19 response, in particular for joining WHO in promoting the “Healthy at Home” and “beActive” campaigns.
Today's Memorandum of Understanding builds on the longstanding relationship between the World Health Organization and the International Olympic Committee.
And it builds on our partnership with other sporting organizations including FIFA. Sport is a natural partner for WHO. By its very nature, sport is about participation, bringing individuals, communities and countries together, and bridging cultural, ethnic and national divides.