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UNIS/MA/279/REV
14 September 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and FIFA invite media to a photo opportunity on the occasion of a new partnership to jointly tackle corruption and crime in football

Monday 14 September 2020, 13:55-15:00, CR4, Vienna International Centre

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with

• Ghada Waly, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• Gianni Infantino, President, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)

In the presence of

• Mattias Grafström, Deputy Secretary General (Football), FIFA

Followed by a High-level event on "Tackling Corruption and Crime in and through Sport"

When: Monday, 14 September 2020 from 13:55 - 15:00 Vienna time (CEST)

Where: In person at the  Vienna International Centre, Conference Room 4, C-Building,

or

online - https://webcast.unodc.org/webcast/en/live/tacklingcrimeinsport.html

Short summary: The event is to raise awareness about efforts to address threats to football, and its value as a vehicle to prevent youth crime and drug use, through skills development, empowerment and promotion of inclusion.

Speakers:

• Moderator: John Brandolino, Director, Division for Treaty Affairs, UNODC
• Ghada Waly, Executive Director, UNODC
• Gianni Infantino, President, FIFA
• Nicole Roberton, Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations in Vienna (co- host of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup)
• Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in Vienna (host of 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup)
• Sultan Salmeen Almansouri, Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations in Vienna (host of 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup)
• Emil Stojanovski, Deputy Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations in Vienna (co-host of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup)

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For further information, please contact:

Brian Hansford
Advocacy Section Chief, UNODC
Telephone: (+43 1) 26060-83225
Email: brian.hansford[at]un.org