On September 5th, 2024, the Secretary General and the Second Secretary attended an event at the Hôtel de Ville in Brussels to celebrate the 5th World Fair Play Day. This event was organised by the City of Brussels together with the organisations responsible for creating World Fair Play Day: Panathlon Wallonie-Bruxelles, the European Fair Play Movement, the International Committee for Fair Play, and Panathlon International.

The programme included speeches that highlighted the importance of fair play, not only in sports, but in all areas of society. The ceremony culminated with Ms. Kelly T. Clements, Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, receiving the 2nd "Fair Play for Peace Award" by the European Fair Play Movement on behalf of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for their 2022-2026 Sport Strategy “More Than a Game”.