Resolution on the Code of Sports Ethics (92/3)

The European Ministers responsible for Sport, meeting in Rhodes for their 7th Conference, from 13 to 15 May 1992,

Wishing to see sport develop in the spirit of the European Sports Charter;

Aware of the pressures which modern society, marked amongst other things by the race for success, the need for stars, and exposure to the mass-media, brings to bear on sport;

Convinced of the need to provide sportsmen and women with a system of values which will enable them to make responsible choices when facing such pressures;

Convinced that the including of the principles set out in the Code in physical education curricula and in the policies of sports organisations will favourably influence the attitudes of athletes and the general public to sport;

Resolve:

1. to give their full support to the Code of Sports Ethics appended hereto;

2. to disseminate the Code in their own language(s) amongst their sports organisations and to promote its dissemination amongst all the appropriate target groups, especially those working with young people;

3. to co-operate at European level to help diffuse the Code widely;

Invite the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe:

1. to adopt the present Code of Sports Ethics as a Recommendation to Governments;

2. to encourage the authorities responsible for school and out-of-school education to include the principles set out in the Code in physical education curricula;

3. to encourage regional, national and international sports organisations in developing their own campaigns to strengthen sports ethics to take account of the principles set out in this Code.