ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Today the Chigiana Library of Palazzo Chigi has been signed to the declaration of intent for the fight against anti-Semitism in sport. The agreement between the Minister for Sport and the young Andrea Abodi, the national coordinator for the fight against anti-Semitism Cons. Pasquale Angelosanto, the president of the Coni Luciano Buonfiglio and the president of the Cip Marco Giunio De Sanctis, in the presence of the President of the Ucei Livia Ottolenghi, aims to strengthen the actions of contrast to the phenomenon, intervening with initiatives that involve institutions, federations, associated disciplines and agencies of promotion, societies and associations sports affiliates, titulars and typhoriseries. This signature of a common protocol gives further impetus to the commitment of the whole sporting world in the fight against anti-Semitism, which can be even more effective and relevant thanks to the application that will be given by the Coni and the Cip and the rest of the Italian sports system that will certainly share in full the spirit and content.
In the document, alongside awareness and communication activities on anti-Semitism issues such as the organization of visits to Binario 21 and other places of the memory of the Shoah or the collaborations with the media in the various declinations, direct actions are planned. Among these, the inclusion in the ethical code of an explicit reference to the definition of anti-Semitism elaborated by IHRA, the commitment to strengthen the video surveillance system and stewarding services and to prohibit the typhoseries the use and promotion of any symbol that can recall concepts related to nazism and anti-Semitic acts, previewing the interruption of sports manifestations to the occurrence of molds.
For Minister Abodi, “with the signing of this declaration of intent, strongly desired by all of us, we further pause the work that the Government is doing to counter any form of discrimination even in the sports sector. After the signing of the declaration of intent with Figc today we widen these initiatives of awareness, information, training, accountability and communication to the whole sports world through thirteen points that constitute the architecture of the actions that we will implement in collaboration with the fans of interest, included, starting from prevention and giving greater concreteness and certainty to the contrast of discriminatory behaviour and languages and their respective sanctions. I hope that with this new assumption of responsibility the values of sport are further promoted and protected in all its forms, powerful social and individual immune defence that must be preserved and strengthened.”.
“I am very pleased with this signature that gives full implementation to the National Strategy for Combating Anti-Semitism 2025. It is very important to continue to undertake, as envisaged by the agreement signed today, all possible actions of contrast to the phenomenon of anti-Semitism, intervening with initiatives of sensitization, information and training addressed to athletes and to the members of associations and sports societies”, Angelosanto stressed. “Anti-Semitism is not part of our vocabulary. Sport is the most effective response against all forms of discrimination and intolerance – said Buonfiglio – He knows no diversity, but only opportunities for sharing in the name of brotherhood. I am grateful to Abodi, Angelosanto and De Sanctis for this joint initiative. The Coni is on the front line to give depth to the values that unite us, transforming them into concrete actions and making our movement an inviolable presidium at ethical, civic and behavioral level”.
“I would like to thank Minister Abodi for promoting this important institutional moment and for wanting to involve the world of sport in the definition of the agreement protocol for the fight against anti-Semitism,” said De Sanctis.
“The Italian Paralympic Committee adheres with conviction to this path, in the awareness that sport represents an extraordinary tool of education, inclusion and civil growth. The values that we daily inspire through the paralympic movement – respect, dignity of the person, equal opportunity and valorisation of differences – are incompatible with any form of hatred, discrimination and prejudice. Contrasting anti-Semitism means defending the fundamental principles of democratic coexistence and reaffirming the value of memory, especially with regard to the new generations. For this reason we consider it essential that sports facilities, companies, federations and associations become more and more places of culture of respect and active citizenship. Cip confirms its commitment to collaborate with all the institutions involved to ensure that this protocol is translated into concrete initiatives, training paths and effective actions capable of really affecting the territories and in society. When sport is genuinely inclusive, it does not leave room for hatred: it unites, educates and builds communities,” he concluded.
For Ottolenghi, finally, “the world of sport once again confirms itself as an inspiration to support the values of fairness, sharing and respect”.
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(ITALPRESS)
