The Organizing Committee for the 47th UNIAG is pleased to inform you that the next Games will be held from 3 – 7 June 2020 in Copenhagen Denmark! This special iteration of our annual competition will be brought to you by Staff from UNHQ (NY), UNICEF New York and various UN agencies in Copenhagen.
This year, we will deliver the greenest and most inclusive Games to date, whilst also encouraging and inspiring all staff to give their best towards achieving the UN’s most ambitious mandate in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals. 2020 will usher in the final decade to fulfil our promise of achieving these goals in 2030. 2020 also marks the UN’s 75th anniversary. With all that in mind, we hope to make the games something extraordinary this year.
The timing chosen for this year’s Games is based on the normal arrival of summer in Denmark – when the city is showcased at its best. Shortly after, Denmark will play host to the UEFA EURO 2020 (Union of European Football Associations) – European men’s championship finals in football (Soccer), therefore we can expect our destination to already be alive with sports. The weather and the EURO 2020 be some factors we also acknowledged the end of the commemoration period for Lent and Ramadan to make the event most suitable to all.
Please stay tuned for more details on the programme. We will be sharing information as soon as we can. Don’t forget to subscribe to our website and follow us on social media.
Looking forward to seeing you in Copenhagen and hope you are as excited as we are!
The Organizing Committee
United Nations Inter-Agency Games 2020
Good day,
My name is Roseline and I am from Tanzania I would very much love to participate, but Visa issuance could be real complicated, especially us coming from non Schengen countries, can the organizers assist us with an invitation letter so that we can present them to the embassy for easy visa facilitation, and our duty station has no focal point kindly assist.
Can you put me in touch with the contact person who is responsible for the squash event.
Maybe we can help organizing it, in addition to obtain logistical information from him/her.
Thanks, Mark
Dear Stiven,
It seems that a participant is allowed to play only one game during the competition and I want to play football and relay ray; could you advise on this regard, If I will be permitted to play both?
with Many thanks,
Buay PETER
Dear Steven,
It seems that a participant is allowed to play only one game during the competition and I want to play men’s football and relay ray; could you advise on this regard, If I will be permitted to play both?
with many thanks,
Buay PETER
Sorry to ask again, we are talking about the golf in Center Boulevard and not near Gentofte! Because other sports events are near Gentofte..
No problem, this it https://royalgolf.dk/
Great thanks
Dear steven……….really surprise that participants are limited to only one sporting event, whilst so many can actually do 2 or more sporting events. i am at a loss now on which event to participate on. my plan was to participate in men football and lawn tennis. can i have clarity on this please
Hi Steve,
Kindly confirm that golf is played at Royal GC in the centre.
Many thanks
I can confirm
Many thanks, that helps to avoid confusions!
Hello Cristina,
Do you remember me or are you not?
Last year l messed this event in Lisbon because of visa so how can we, whose are not from schengen eara get an invitation letter to prove it to the embassies of Denmark for getting visa easily.
Thanks
Hi Hajj,
I remember you:). Hope you can get a visa this time. Please contact your focal point for more details. If you don’t have a FP, let us know and we will help you.
Regards
Dear Cristina,
I am not really sure that do we have a FP in our duty station or no,
So may I have your help, send me your email or email me please for communicate details.
I am grateful for you and remember that your great efforts you did for me last year.
Mahmoodh [at] unhcr [dot] org
Thanks
we sent you an email, let us know if you received it .
Hi Steven,
Thanks for the advance notice on the date and city, which is much appreciated. However, I need to know whether the tennis competition will be on clay or hard courts?
it is clay.
Oh, wonderful!!!! Thank you! What is the name if the venue?
Je suis le capitaine adjoint du Team de WFP de la République Démocratique du Congo. Nous aimerions avoir l’invitation collective, la réservation de l’hôtel (y compris le prix de la chambre) pour nous permettre de solliciter les visas et faire la réservation des vols d’avion.
Merci.
Alphonse.
Hi!
the beach volley the invitation letter states 2 players. can you clarify if its male, female or mixed?
Thanks
Luisa
I believe it is mixed but we will have detailed pages of all the disciplines soon!
For those entering Denmark on their UNLP, will they also be able to Sweden on their LP?
hi,
do we know the location where BASKETBALL is gonna take place? Copenhagen or Gentofte ?
Gentofte
The main sport facility is in Gentofte Municipality, a suburb to Copenhagen easy to reach with public transport from the Copenhagen centre. Find more information about the different venues on IAG2020 website.
Gentofte
Hi Steve,
could you kindly confirm where the golf will be played? Is it the Royal Golf Club near the airport?
There is also a second golf club in Copenhagen with the word ‘Royal’ in its title as well and is a good distance away.
Clarity on this would be appreciated.
Thank you, kind regards
Danielle
Greetings from W.HO. Country Office Asmara Eritrea,
I am looking forward to participate on the United Nations Inter-Agency Games 2020 from 3rd to 7th June 2020, is there any updates on the registration?
Hope to see any updates
All the best
Berhane
Swimmers are getting ready for the fun at the IAG2020 in Copenhague! We look forward to enjoying it as usual! Let’s keep swimming!
Looking forward to hearing about IAG’s details and meeting swimmers from all over the world and UN offices.
Best regards from Geneva.
Hi Juan, do you have the contacts of the swimming modality organizers?
Thanks, best regards from Maputo
Thanks Steven, please remind the organizing committee that we are very keen to have squash as an official event this year. In the worst-case scenario, we can organize the games ourselves as a side-event, as in Vienna. We were still part of the ceremonies, including the medal count, but the management of the event was externalized to us. There are several squash clubs in Copenhagen. Best regards, Mark from Geneva.
Don’t worry, squash will happen 😉
My name is Francisco Ossandon. I am the captain of the chess team from UN New York. I have not heard anything of any latest developments. Hotel arrangements, registration etc. I need to know ASAP. We have to arrange for flights among other things.
Je participerai, comme chaque année, avec mon équipe de tennis de table ILO-ITU.
Au plaisir de revoir tous mes anciens et nouveaux collègues.
Merci de m’envoyer les informations complémentaires, dès que disponibles.
Reynald
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I will participate, as every year, with my ILO-ITU table tennis team.
I look forward to seeing all my old and new colleagues again.
Please send me further information as soon as available.
Reynald
Hi Steven
I note from the minutes of the 2018 meeting that there was a mention of the CC Members arriving a day early. As I am now IFAD’s CC Rep and don’t have info on last year, could you let me know if CC Members should arrive early or not? I’d like to book my flight 🙂
Also, I’m sure the OC is working like crazy but many are asking for details on hotels i.e. will they be part of the package or should participants book their own? We’d be grateful if this could be answered asap so that people can make arrangements, if necessary.
Thanks and very much looking forward to Copenhagen!
Will have a chat with the oc next week! They are co dude that’s to have the invitation out by then. It will include all details!
any updates on this? same for WFP
Hi Steven!
How nice to start the planning for the new year!
I have a question for WFP.
The first e-mail from the secretariat said 3-6 June 2020, the second said 3-7 June.
Does this mean that there will be competition and end of the games on the 7th? or is the 7th included for travel purposes? and the scheduling of the 4 days is like previous years?
Thanks!!
Luisa
Indeed, 7 June is a travel day. All official events finish on 6 June!
All the best and see you soon
Steven
Thanks!!
do you know when more information will be sent out?
We are all looking forward to information for future planning!
Hi Steven,
The UN Games are considered as official business or not?
Hi Steven,
Greeting from Egypt.
I can’t wait till see you all and running Denmark. woohoooo
Great news
Looking forward to participate.
All the best
Manhal
🙂
Copenhagen here I come 🙂
Good to hear, not the Games without you!
I hope volleyball is part of the game ?
Absolutely!
Dear Admin
Thanking you all for this early advance notice for the Games, however i will like to alert the organizers on the need to provide every details of would-be participants to the Danish embassy for ease of visa procurement. this almost marred the game that was last held in Portugal.
thanks
Bonsoir
Si je comprends bien, le jour d’arrivée et de la soirée d’ouverture est le 3 juin, le jour de la soirée de gala est le 6 juin, le jour du départ se faisant le 7 juin. (c’est pour réserver les avions.)
Merci,
Paul
Salut Paul!
Tu es vrai. Nous attendons l’invitation officielle. Je vous promets, vous trouverez toutes les dernières nouvelles ici sur le site. Attendez peut-être une semaine de plus pour réserver vos vols… Au cas où
à bientôt
Steven
Toujours pas d’autres nouvelles ?
No more news ? we ne for bowling planes thanks
Thanks a lot for this information.
There is a huge demand to have a Squash competition. Would you please be so kind to forward the information to the Organizing Committee ? Thank you.
Best regards and best wishes for the organization of these Games !
Benito
Hmmm, squash you say… Is that the one where the entire city throws oranges at each other? YouTube- The Battle of the Oranges in Italy
Great idea, I will suggest it immediately, it will increase teamwork and reduce stress!
Waoo, this is great news, please we need to know if is only football tournament or there is other UN competition games.
Abraham.
Hi Abraham,
There are many sports. The regular disciplines can be found right here on the website under the Rules tab. There might be some extra but we will have to wait for the hosts to determine if they are feasible.
All the best and hope to see you in Copenhagen!
Steven
Hi Steven
The three UN Rome Agencies (IFAD, FAO and WFP) each have teams for PADDLE. We are really hope you can include this sport as over thirty people are training like crazy to compete.
Thanks, Susan
IFAD
Good news Cristina!
Thanks for the info. Looking forward to receive more update for the venue and accommodation prices.
Thanks for the info Steven. Looking forward to more update regarding the venue and accommodation from the organizing committee.
Many thanks for this information, and for this greatly appreciated advanced notification.
Can you kindly confirm that squash will be part of the sports organized at this event?
Wishing you all the best in the organization of this event.
Hi Mark,
Can’t confirm anything yet, I’m only the website admin 🙁 I know the organizing committee is finalizing the invitation which will include all available sports. I am sure it will be published soon!
All the best
Steven