Good afternoon, Excellencies, Madam Assistant Secretary-General, distinguished permanent representatives, senior United Nations officials, honored guests, athletes, colleagues and friends.
On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the closing ceremony of the United Nations 2026 Games.
Today, we're celebrating colleagues representative representing permanent missions, the United Nations Secretariat, funds, programs, and specialized agencies come together through sports, friendship, and fair play.
Today, we're celebrating not only champions but every participant who demonstrated teamwork, respect, and the true spirit of the United Nations.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the United Nations Closing Ceremony 2026.
And now, in order to start believing the moments that we spent in the field, we would like to show a short video for those that didn't have the chance to attend the games I Rising up back on the street to my time, my champs.
With the distance, now I'm back on happy, just the man who is will to survive.
So many times it happens too fast.
You change your passion for glory.
To music all the dreams of the past must fight just to keep him alive.
His deep outside the cream fight passing to the challenge of our world and the past the spreading light una the Dragons out the beachom we take to the stream give vital to the challenges to the harvest of spirit of.
Thank you very much for sharing those moments.
And now we're going to play another video that was prepared by a volunteering team reflecting some of the most unforgettable moments of the football tournament.
Please.
Oh, my.
Thank you very much.
That video was prepared by miss Annie Nissen.
Thank you again.
And now we'll continue our program with the opening remarks.
It is my honor and pleasure to invite His Excellency, Mr.
Philippa Hayev, permanent representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations and chair of the United Nations Game Organizing Committee.
Ambassador, the floor is yours.
Thank you.
Madam Assistant Secretary-General, Distinguished ambassadors, colleagues, athletes, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
It's my great pleasure to welcome you to the closing ceremony of the United Nations Games 2026.
Today, we celebrate much more than athletic achievement.
We celebrate friendship, mutual respect, and the ability of sport to bring people together across borders, cultures, and institutions established pursuant to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 80 78 slash 325 initiated by Turkmenistan and India.
The United Nations games have become a unique platform where diplomats, UN staff, and representatives of international organizations meet not around negotiating tables, but on playing fields.
Over the past weeks, we have competed in football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, table, tennis, pickleball, chess, running, and yoga.
Demonstrating that teamwork and fair play are values that unite the entire United Nations family.
As Nelson Mandela once said, sport has the power to change the world.
It has the power to inspire.
It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does.
Over the past weeks, we have witnessed the truth of these words.
At a time when our world is experiencing political divisions and growing uncertainty, the playgrounds of the United Nations games offered a different picture.
Here, we did not meet as representatives of different political positions.
We met as teammates, competitors, and friends.
Above all, we met as human beings, every handshake before a match, every embrace after the final whistle, every word of encouragement across nationalities reminded us that dialogue often begins with a simple recognition of our shared humanity.
Perhaps this is the greatest achievement of the United Nations games.
Taking this opportunity, allow me to express my sincere appreciation to everyone who contributed to the success of these games.
I thank the members of the organizing committee, our sport focal points, volunteers, referees, and technical officials for their dedication and tireless work.
Also wish to express our deep gratitude to our partners and supporters, especially the permanent mission of the State of Qatar, the United Nations Federal Credit Union, World Concierge, and the many individual contributors.
Those general support helped make these games possible.
Finally, I thank participating permanent missions, every United Nations entity and every athletes for embracing this initiative with such enthusiasm.
Dear friends, let us continue to strengthen this wonderful tradition and demonstrate that Even in challenging times, sport reminds us that what unites humanity will always be greater than what divide us.
Divide us.
I congratulate all athletes, volunteers, organizers, and supporters and wish everyone a memorable closing ceremony.
I thank you very much.
Thank you, Ambassador Hayev.
Thank you for reminding us the importance of sports as a fundamental tool to promote sustainable development and peace.
I was glad to hear that you mentioned Nelson Mandela.
And now, it is my great pleasure to welcome our first and special guest of the afternoon, an internationally known Turkmen mixed martial arts and fighter and professional fighters League athletes, Mr.
Dovlchn Yash Mi Radof.
Please welcome.
Loba Azaz Nazi.
Excellencies, the representatives of the United Nations de athletes and friends.
Turkistan ceremony.
It's a great honor for me to be here today at the invitation of the permanent mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations and take part in this representative ceremony.
Pavel.
I would like to sincerely thank the organizers for the invitation and congratulate all the participants of the UN Games.
Sport in Aingtha Pbidada.
I'm a professional athlete and have spent most of my life in the ring.
Over the years, I have learned one simple truth.
A real victory begins with a victory over yourself.
Every day an athlete learns to overcome fear, fatigue, doubts, and never give up.
But sport teach another very important quality, respect.
You can be opponents on the court, but after the final whistle, we remain friends.
In our Today, when I looked at this hall at the participants of the games and the medalists, I saw exactly this.
Chess People of different nationalities, cultures, and professions have gathered here.
Some represents their state, others represent the United Nations, but one sports ground, everyone was united by the same values, honesty, mutual respect, desire to win, and team spirit.
In today's world, we hear too often about disagreements, but sport reminds us that there are always more similarities between people than differences.
Pat Turmistan fair diploma Paga, Pastor.
That is why the initiatives of the leadership of Turkmenistan in the field of sport diplomacy, such as the UN games are one of the great importance.
They help people to get to know each other better, build trust, and prove that friendship starts with a simple handshake.
Turkistan.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the permanent mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations for the invitation and for the development of this initiative.
Hach preserved Npidal I sincerely congratulate all the winners and prize winners, but I want to appeal to those who will not climb the pedestal today.
Don't stop.
Kaja Kasia, Midi Vashti cry, no Satin der Volga Pala, Anastasia, Naz.
Every training, every competition makes you stronger.
Medals are important, but even more important is the chapter that is formed on the way to them.
I wish you all good health, new sporting achievements, peace, prosperity, and true friendship between peoples.
I hope to see many of you again at the games in the coming years.
I thank you.
Thank you very much, Mr.
Yakshi smidv.
Teamwork.
The United Nations Games was founded through an initiative of partnership between India and the permanent representative of Turkmistan.
And it is my pleasure and honor to introduce you to His Excelleny Mr.
Bivanei Harish, permanent representative of India to the United Nations.
Thank you, moderator, Excellencies, Madam Mayor.
To all of you here, this wonderful self selected group of people from the UN who have taken an interest in sports, take an active part in the sports and keen to attend today the medal ceremony.
I want to welcome you all and to say that we have had an outstanding third edition of these games, that it has coincided with the FIFA is a very happy coincidence.
We may not have a messy amongst our players here, but truly we have a golden boot and we have, I think, equally very committed sportspeople and to the sportsmanship that is truly what we have organized the games for.
In the spirit of the General Assembly resolution, when we gather for the UN games year after year, it is to celebrate the spirit of gamesmanship.
I think what you see broadly, we are in a difficult international environment, in a very difficult geopolitical situation where there is fragmentation, there are differences, very difficult for countries to be able to agree on many things.
But on the sports field, we empathize with each other, we play against each other, not as adversaries.
And once the game is over, whether you win or you lose, I think the affection and love with which you play the sport is also extended to those we play against.
During the FIFA championships, we rooted for teams we never knew about.
We rooted for players we never knew about, whether it was Cabo Verde or whether it was Egypt having spectacular games and victories.
We cheered for them as if they were our own.
I think that is what makes this unique.
When we sponsored this resolution along with our friends from Team Turkmenistan, part of the reason also was this, it's our civilizational dictum.
We believe in Masuaikutumbkama, the whole world is one family.
This concept that we are all part of the same family is most explicit when we play games or when you have these mega sporting events that bring all of us together.
We were happy that it's been over a decade since we have had the International Day of yoga.
In the last decade, we have seen yoga being celebrated on the summer solstice, the 21st of June every year around the world in so many world capitals.
It has not only become a health motto, it has become a motto for mental health.
And for overall harmony and wellness.
We were happy to have organized an international day of yoga here and also the yoga competitions as part of the UN games.
Likewise, in the sports of badminton and chess, there's been a long history of Indian participation and excellence.
We were happy to have organized these games as well, along with various partners and friends.
I think as we finish the third edition, We go with one recognition.
We can organize it better and in a bigger way if we can take care of the timing so that all delegates can participate.
If we do it off, working hours, more delegates will be able to participate, and we can have more sponsors, more active engagement, Um, but in this all, we also realize that leading figures from games and sports who come here to encourage are truly an inspiration.
We have just heard Turkmen martial arts fighter tell us that the most difficult thing is that you are your own benchmark.
You're not fighting against someone else.
It is finally yourself that you have to win over.
It is yourself that you have to gain control over.
Um, and in that sense, you have to best yourself.
If only this remained the motto for the international system at large, we would be a much more peaceful and a happier place.
Nevertheless, in the true spirits of UN Games, we'll continue to believe that that will become the motto of the United Nations as we move ahead, we will best ourselves, and we will be the best version of what we can be.
Once again, thank you very much for being here, for taking an active interest and participating in the various games that we have organized for this third edition.
As we head into the next edition, let us plan better, make it bigger, and focus on the timing so that all of us can better participate.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Ambassador Harish, for your contributions and for your kind remarks.
Now our next special guest is also in the field, professional mixed martial arts and he's from Russia is Mr.
Aleksander Volkov.
The floor is yours.
Good evening.
It's a great honor to be here with all of you today.
Sport is one of the few languages that everyone understands.
It doesn't matter where we come from, what language we speak, or what lake we represent.
We are united by the same values, respect, discipline, courage, and the desire to become better than we were yesterday.
For some years, sport has brought people together in a way that very few think can Competition teaches us something unique.
We challenge one another not because we are enemies, but because we make each other stronger.
That is one of the greatest gift of sport.
As a professional fighter, people sometimes ask me what Compass sport has taught me.
Ironically, it has taught me respect because when you share the hardest moments with another human being, you learn that courage looks the same in every language, and under every flag.
Winning matters, but what matters even more is who become in a pursuit of victory.
I would like to thank the organizers and volunteers and every participant who made these games possible.
May we continue to compete with excellence, to lead with humility and to remember that before we are champions, representatives of our countries or professional in our field, we are human beings.
Thank you for your attention.
Thank you, Mr.
Volkov, for reminding us that we all speak sports.
That's great.
Now I have the honor to invite miss Borcana Assistant Secretary-General for policy coordination in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Flo is yours.
Thank you very much Chair.
Excellency, colleagues, and I think I could also say friends.
Good evening.
Now, as we bring the United Nations Games 2026 to a close, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to all participants, to the organizers, to the volunteers, the officials, and supporters who made these games such a success that we've just seen on the two videos that were shared with us at the start of our meeting today.
The United Nations games have brought together colleagues from permanent missions, from the UN Secretariat, and organizations across the UN system.
Those games do remind us that sport is much more than competition, as we've heard from previous speakers on the panel this evening as well.
Sports is a universal language.
It builds bridges, it fosters understanding, and it creates connections.
To the medal winners, congratulations.
To everyone who participated.
You have already won by contributing to the spirit of these games.
The true achievements is not measured by scores or rankings, but by the friendships forged and the teamwork that you have displayed.
So as the UN Department that supports the implementation of the General Assembly's work on sport for development and peace, DSA recognizes the unique power of sport to advance inclusion, to promote well being, and to strengthen communities.
I'm really pleased to see those values reflected over the last few weeks of the games.
Beyond impressive athletic performance, we've seen people coming together across institutions, across cultures, across nationalities and backgrounds in that spirit of friendship, respect, and fair play.
So dear friends, in a world facing many challenges, moments like these reminds us of what is possible when people come together with a shared purpose and a shared commitment to mutual respect.
Thank you.
Thank you, Madame Assistant Secretary-General for your kind remark.
It's very important to understand the understanding and connection, friendship that it's common in sports.
Now, as we remember the last year, we had the program we launched a program of goodwill ambassadors for the game, and we added several outstanding athletes, including A Pools, a ballplayer from the Dominican Republic, and Giorgio Celini, a footballer from Italy, and there were a couple of other athletes that cannot remember the name at the moment.
And this year, we will proceed as such, and we will have two special outstanding athletes that will become ambassador of the game if the organizing committee has not.
Objection.
I am delighted to announce that our distinguished special guest As honorary ambassadors to the United Nations Games in recognition of exceptional sportsmanship, achievement, and their commitment to promoting friendship, mutual respect, and unity throughout sport.
May I kindly invite Mr.
Ivan simv and Mr.
Aleksander Fakov to come forward to receive their special certificate as honorary ambassadors of the United Nations Games, please.
Thank you very much and congratulations.
And now I would like to invite Mr.
Aleksander Volkov.
Thank you very much and once again, congratulations.
And whatever we do, whatever happens here at the UN and around the world needs to be communicated.
And now I have the honor and pleasure to introduce you to Mr.
Robert Skinner, Chief of Partnership and Global Engagement in the Department of Global Communication and Coordinator of Football at the Goals Initiative.
Mr.
Skinner, the floor is yours.
Great.
Thank you, Mr.
Gard, and it's a tough act to follow after those awards to our sportsmen that are here.
But good afternoon, Excellencies, distinguished guests colleagues, partners, friends, and of course, all the athletes that are here with us today.
As Mr.
Gard said, I'm here representing the Department of Global Communications, more importantly, our Department's Football for the Goals Initiative.
And it's just great to be here among so many sportsmen and sports women here that are receiving these beautiful awards up here in the medals and so I regret that I didn't compete.
I would at least like to have been on the field or the pitcher somewhere as part of the games.
I'd of course, like to thank the organizing committee and the co chairs of permanent missions of Turkmenistan and India for the great efforts put forward to put together the games and to every mission, every UN entity and every family who took part and all the volunteers whose work behind the scenes made it all possible.
It's truly a special thing to be a part of these games.
And the games rest on a simple idea, camaraderie through sport.
We can clearly see that in the videos we watched at the top here.
This diplomatic community has been referenced by the ambassadors, spends a lot of time negotiating difficult issues around tables, but there's tremendous value in coming together and sharing one playing field, which we all saw through the course of the games.
You competed against each other, of course, but in doing so, you encouraged one another, celebrated one another and built friendships that cross offices agencies and missions.
I trust that friendships were made.
Um, we've reminded ourselves that before we're negotiators, representatives or officials, we can be teammates of one international community.
That's why sport has always had a special place within the United Nations.
I thank the member states for adopting the resolutions that allow us to work on sport because it does speak a universal language and the recent World Cup has been referenced as well, we saw how that brought billions of people together, billions of people with a B across continents, cultures and generations, sharing a passion for football.
It creates opportunities for dialogue where there might otherwise be distance in a world where trust is increasingly valuable.
That's been referenced as well by the ambassadors today and sport provides one of the most human ways to build that camaraderie.
That's the belief that inspired Football for the Goals Initiative, which is the flagship UN Initiative, which gives the global football community a platform to advocate for and implement the sustainable development goals.
We're running out of time for the SDG, so getting football behind it, I think is critical.
That initiative brings together more than 470 organizations across 120 countries.
We'd like to get it to 193, of course.
From grassroots clubs and foundations, like our proud member, the United Nation Staff Football Club.
I hope there's some representatives here from the club, but also to major clubs and leagues, to national federations and all six of the major regional confederations that govern football.
Each of our members demonstrates that football and sport as a whole can be a platform for inclusion, equality, climate action, and peace.
The settings and scope in which these individuals and entities work may be different, but the principle is the same, break down the barriers that come between us and make communities stronger.
That's really exactly the spirit we have celebrated throughout the UN games.
I think we all recognize that sport cannot on its own resolve the challenges the United Nations exists to address, but it can help create the conditions that make progress possible.
It builds trust, it strengthens partnerships, and it reminds us that lasting cooperation begins with human connection.
As we leave the games, let's carry that spirit with us, not only into our workplaces, but in all our relationships, all the relationships we build and the work we do together in the service of peace, human rights, sustainable development, and international cooperation.
My congratulations once again to everyone who made the games possible.
My thanks to all of you for being part of them and I look forward now to honoring not just the winners, but to all of you who competed.
The important thing is to get on the field and you all have done that.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr.
Skinner.
And some of the speakers have mentioned today that the importance of partnership and teamwork, and this is especially in this context that we would like to highlight the importance of our general sponsor, the W concierge.
And I would like to call the representative of We concierge to address the audience.
Hi, good evening, everyone.
My name is Nora Sadadu.
I'm a diplomatic operations coordinator at World Concierge Services.
On behalf of our team, I would like to address our sincere gratitude to His Excellency, the ambassador of Turkmenistan, for giving us the opportunity to support this UN games this year.
Congratulations to all participants and this year's winners.
It has been such a great opportunity to support an event that brings together the diplomatic community Through friendship, unity, and sportsmanship, we look forward to support this UN games for the future years.
Thank you.
Thank you for your kind support and partnership.
Thank you.
And finally, I am pleased to invite Mr.
Tyrone Davis, Founding board member of the Gift of Chess Organization at the United Nations Chess Master.
Mr.
Davis.
Okay.
Thank you.
Good day everyone.
First, I want to express my sincere gratitude to the UN Games organizing committee for bringing us together today and for providing a platform to highlight the transformative power of sport.
My name is Tyrone Davis.
I'm the CEO of Miyagi Labs, an Ed tech company using AI to prepare students for exams around the world.
I'm here on behalf of the Gift of chess as a founding board member and as a chess master.
We founded the Gift of chess in 2020 with a core mission to use chess as a tool to catalyze opportunity unlock human potential, and build real human connection.
We manufacture our chess sets using recycled plastics stretching from Cabira, Kenya to Goma, DRC.
Our goal is to donate 1 million chess sets by 2030, reaching every single country in the world.
To date, we have already distributed over 200,000 chess sets.
We've supported the UNHCR Kukuma refugee camp in Kenya, donating hundreds of sets to schools around the camp, as well as orphanages, schools, and prisons around the world.
We sit here today at the UN, an institution whose core mission is to maintain peace and guide nations from conflict towards safety.
I want to encourage all dignitaries and delegates in this room to remember, sometimes a solution to a deeply complex problem can be as simple as playing a game of chess.
In many of the regions where we operate, traditional education is severely limited or entirely inaccessible.
For these children, the chessboard becomes their classroom.
It teaches critical thinking, the direct consequences of your actions, patience, respect for your opponent, and how to make decisive moves when it feels impossible to see all the paths in front of you.
Chess is more than a game.
It is a universal language, a bridge across divides, and an equalizer as we work towards global peace and human Let us not overlook the power of simple, tangible solutions to unlock the potential of the next generation.
So I thank all of you.
Thank you, Mr.
Davis.
And after all these weeks of playing tournament, football, basketball, pickball and all the games and yoga, ladies and gentlemen, the United Nations Games is about friendship, unity, and mutual respect.
Now We now come to the moment our athletes have been waiting for the presentation of trophies and medals to the champions and finalists of the United Nations Games 2026.
We will proceed sport by sport.
Witness are kindly requested to come forward promptly when their names or team are announced and to remain in place for the final official photograph.
We start with football, the spirit of the World Cup is still here.
And I would like to call His Excellency Ambassador, Mr.
Vp Haye, permanent representative of Turkmenistan and chair of the organizing committee to present the Football Awards.
Is.
Russian Federation.
Thanks.
The first place is the European Union Team.
The second place is the Russian Federation.
European Union Team.
Thank you.
The rest is for the holiday.
Thank you very much and congratulations.
And now I would like to call the second place the Russian Federation.
Back on the street time my gym.
So many times it happens too fast.
You change your passion for glory.
To there of the trees of the best must fight to keep them alive.
It's the darkness to the chat of our hearts B.
Thank you very much.
And congratulations.
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This this empty out we did to the street was behind the time of the Tigers B T and the And as we continue, we'd like to call football its tournaments, the Central Asia team and the World United Team.
Kids football from Central Asia? Central Asia team and World United Team.
Certificate from World United Kids Football Team.
Nobody brought the kids.
Thank you very much.
As we continue now, we would like to call the best player aun Ostoar European team.
Also, I'd like to call the best goalkeeper Andre Nikolanko, European team.
Andre Nikko.
Okay.
That's good.
And the golden boot the golden boot, I'm sorry.
The Golden Boot, Jenna Markov, Russian Federation.
Thank you very much and congratulations to Mr.
Kendik.
And I would like to call the best Defender, Alexei Kondik, Ukraine.
Thank you, congratulations, Ambassador, we have our own messy here in the tournament.
And now I would like to call the best go by His Excellency, Taher El-Sonni A Rabai.
Okay.
Thank you.
Congratulations, His Excellency.
Now we call women football Women's Football Award.
All women football players, please come forward.
Thank you very much.
And now we switch sports.
Thank you, Ambassador Hav.
Now I would like to call Your Excellency Bjork, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations to present the awards for the volleyball tournament.
The first place, Russian Federation trophy and medals for you guys.
I'll go Congratulations to the winners, and the second place belongs to the United Nations team.
We continue with volleyball and now we would like to call the winners of the third place, the Pacific Warriors.
Thank you very much and congratulations.
Thank you, Madam Ska.
And now we we switch sports and we're turning into basketball.
And may I invite the representative of the permanent mission of the Philippines of the United States, coordinator of the basketball tournament to present the awards, please.
The Philippines basketball coordinator.
Okay.
The first place goes to the United Nations All Star.
Thank you very much and congratulations to the All Star team.
I want to be part of it the next year.
Second place goes to the Russian Federation.
Pott of time.
Thank you very much and congratulations to the Russian Federation.
And now I would like to call the third place that belongs to the United Team.
Mission selection.
The selection So many times.
All right.
This is the obstacles of time.
Move my passion to the challenge of our time and time to the harvesting and part harvest the time Congratulations to the mission selection and thank you to the representative of the Permanent Mission of the Philippines.
And now we turn to Badminton.
And may I respectfully invite excellent miss Parfani Harish, permanent representative of India to the United Nations and co chair of the United Nations 2026.
The first place go to K Rd and Sanskriti Pan.
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So Many times it happens too fast.
You change your passion for glory.
To the all the dreams of the past must man to keep them alive.
Hi out passing to the challengeable.
Congratulations.
And now I would like to call the second place.
Elds Matthew Panz and Anouge count out.
Stay.
To the Champion.
Congratulations, and thank you very much.
His Exceesty, may I ask you to remain with us so you can present the chess Awards? And I would like to call the first place Perpetual Obo Perpetual Obo.
I would like to call the second place Lev Matchin Mason.
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Ma Ma chimpses Where at the distance now back up Ha.
This is the man who knew who he was about.
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Pass glory.
Thank you very much, and congratulations.
And the third place goes to Snook Adré Snook Adré the room.
Okay, thank you so much.
Congratulations.
Thank you, Your excellency.
Christmas and movie.
And Ambassador Harish.
I'm sorry.
We still need you there.
Yoga time.
Yoga time.
Go back to the news.
Champion.
So go T two, A Anamia Garcia Ararta and Nadia Leonard.
Anamia Garcia.
Congratulations.
Now I would like to call the silver.
Team number one, Ruby Kumar and Federica De La Costa.
My chimes with the distance power back on Miami is the man who is live to survive So many times it happens too fast.
You change your passion for glory to lose your grip the dreams of the best must pass them alive.
Congratulations.
And finally, the bronze medal winner, T three, Gianni Lee and Umbin Favetben Faivet and Gianni Lee Christmas out of the heating the time of time I Thank you.
Congratulations.
And now we switch sport.
We're turning to table tennis.
And I would like to call Mr.
Kenny Wang, president of the United Nations Table tennis Club to present the awards, the champion Edita Plaska.
It happened too fast.
You change your passion for glory to music.
It's passing to the challenge.
And Darnell congratulations Dagger.
Yes, and the runner up is Suse Murdat Lurat Kingdom S T to the H is move to survive I Tigers fight passing to the tens of our father Okay.
And now I would like to call the third place.
Papa Hall.
Thank you very much, and congratulations.
And now we're turning to Pea Ball Peal tonight.
Thank you, His Excellency, congratulations.
And now we turn into pickleball.
And I would like to call Mr.
Alvin D McMleu representing the United Nations Secretariat to present the awards.
Okay, the first place is for icebreakers.
Nan zhang and hang in Hao.
Alive.
Good Sleep out like garson to the ten of our world out of my spring like Son Christmas Congratulations.
And now I would like to call the second place.
Tod fish season.
Yu Ye He and Si Jiang Quim Tod fish season.
And he was this.
Upside.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
And I would like to call the third place the Bean.
Nancy Wu and Yen Lu.
Thank you, and congratulations.
Excellent haf, I would like to invite you to finally present the award for the running.
With the distance now we're back up Hab a man survive.
So many times it happens too fast, ladies, first place, Clara Flores.
All the dreams of the past must fight to keep them alive passing.
Thank you very much, Pels.
On the second place Danielle Yang the stream the B D the mass to the challenges to the harvest.
Thank you very much.
And now I would like to call the ladies third place.
ERNited United States Mission.
US Mission.
Erin US Mission.
Okay.
And men first place Cedric Safer Thank you very much.
Congratulations.
And now I would like to call the man second place and belongs to Andrés Petrov.
So many times it happened too fast too fast.
Thank you very much.
Congratulations.
And finally, the third place is for Jonathan Vivian alive.
Jonathan Vivon Oss fights of our house service to the harvest spring Thank you, His Ecellency.
Congratulations.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is coming to an end, and I would like to thank you, all the participants, all the athletes, and I would like to call His Excellency Ambassador Vbakyv Chair of the organizing committee and to officially declare the United Nations 2026 closed.
His Excellency.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Mr.
Moderator, for your excellence moderating today's event.
Dear colleagues, Excellencies, ISG.
I would like to extend my real appreciation for your active engagement to UN games as well as today's closing ceremony.
I think we'll have more and more memories from our uh UN games and we will prepare all of us to next UN games in 2027.
With that, your permission, I declare that UN Games 2026 is closed.
A final announcement, please join us for a family picture and after that, please join us for a reception.
Thank you.
Please all winners with trophies and medals, please come to the stage here for the photo.
United Nations Games 2026 Closing Ceremony
The United Nations Games 2026 Closing Ceremony celebrates friendship, sportsmanship and international cooperation, recognizing outstanding athletes from over 100 UN Member States, Permanent Missions and UN entities.
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The United Nations Games 2026 Closing Ceremony marks the conclusion of the second edition of the Games, an initiative established pursuant to United Nations General Assembly resolution 78/325 to promote unity, trust and well-being through sport.
The ceremony will bring together Permanent Representatives, senior United Nations officials, athletes and distinguished guests to celebrate the achievements of participants representing Permanent Missions, the UN Secretariat, funds, programmes and specialized agencies. Awards will be presented to the winners across all sporting disciplines, while the event will also recognize the invaluable contributions of volunteers, organizers and partners whose support made the Games possible.
The 2026 Games are dedicated to the 35th Anniversary of the Independence of Turkmenistan and reaffirm the important role of sport diplomacy in fostering dialogue, friendship and mutual understanding among nations.
The Closing Ceremony will conclude with the official declaration of the end of the United Nations Games 2026 and a reception for participants and guests.
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