The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO has expressed pain and sadness over the demise of Brazilian football legend, Pele, who died at 82.
Pelé, who many regard as the greatest player of all time, died in hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday.
He had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since 2021.
UNESCO tweeted that it was “deeply saddened” at his passing, and extended condolences to the Brazilian people, and the wider “football family”.
The UN agency said that he had “worked relentlessly to promote sport as a tool for peace. He will be greatly missed.”
Similarly, in a tweet, the head of UN refugee agency, UNHCR, Filippo Grandi, wrote, “We are all with the people of Brazil”.
“We are celebrating a man who made millions of kids dream across continents, and generations.”
