PAM welcomes the Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 8 April 2022, and joins the UN in supporting the State of Qatar for hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2022. The General Assembly adopted unanimously this resolution under the title “The 2022 World Cup organized by FIFA in Qatar”.

The Resolution was submitted by Qatar and sponsored by 106 countries, under the item “Sport for Peace and Development; Building a Peaceful and Better World Through Sport and the Olympic Ideal”.

Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations underlined: “The State of Qatar will spare no effort to ensure that the peoples of the world are welcomed in a distinguished atmosphere that will remain engraved in the memory as an experience that is impressive and carries all the features of authentic Arab culture and hospitality.”

In March 2022, in Dubai, PAM had unanimously welcomed Qatar as a full member of the Assembly, following several years of very close and exemplary cooperation.

PAM joins the UN in urging all Member States to support sport as a means of promoting Peace and Development, especially through continued contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals and dialogue among civilizations.//