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Kathmandu Wednesday June 27, 2001 Ashadh 13, 2058.
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‘Sports Against
Drugs’ Day observed
Post Report
KATHMANDU, June 26 - The Nepal Sports Federation
Against Drugs and HIV/AIDS (NESFADA) organised the ‘Sports Against Drugs’ Day
Tuesday to raise awareness against drugs through the means of sports.
On the occasion, chief guest Minister of State
for Education and Sports Dilendra Prasad Badu, while underlining the problem of ever
increasing cases of drug addiction, said an environment should be set for the public to
take up moral responsibility.
"As sports attract the most number of
people, majority of youth, is the most effective means to raise awareness against
drugs," he said. "Fitting is this year’s slogan— Sports Against
Drugs."
General-secretary of the Nepal Olympic Committee
(NOC), Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan; member of the National Sports Council (NSC), Dawa Gurung;
director-general at Department for Control on Drugs and Natural Disaster Management of
Home Ministry, Kumar Prasad Paudyal were among the speakers on the occasion.
The Sports Against Drugs has been regularly
observed on June 26 each year following the resolution—to curb the ever increasing
drug addiction in the world— passed by the United Nations, WHO, World Bank, UNICEF,
International Olympic Committee (IOC) and UNESCO at the Rome meeting in 1999.
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