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BRITISH AMBASSADORS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS WELCOME UN RESOLUTION ON OLYMPIC TRUCE
Noyan Tapan
18.10.2011
British Ambassadors in the South Caucasus have welcomed adoption ofa
UN Resolution on the Olympic Truce entitled "Building a peaceful and
better world through sport and the Olympic ideal". The resolution
was tabled at the UN General Assembly by the UK, as hosts of the
London 2012 Olympic Games. The resolution was adopted in New York on
17 October by consensus. For the first time the resolution has been
sponsored by all 193 UN member states, including Armenia, Azerbaijan
and Georgia.
Ambassadors Peter Bateman in Baku and Charles Lonsdale in Yerevan and
Charge d'Affaires Doug McMillan in Tbilisi issued a joint statement
saying: "We welcome this resolution - and the fact that it was adopted
unanimously. The UK has worked for many years to support peacebuilding
and conflict resolution in the South Caucasus. We hope that the ideals
the resolution represents can be converted into concrete steps for
peace in the region."
In ancient Greece the Olympic Games marked a period of peace
when competitors and others could travel safely to take part. The
International Olympic Committee revived the idea in 1992 to use sports
as a means to promote the Olympic ideals and to support peacebuilding
and conflict resolution efforts. Similar resolutions have been passed
before each Summer and Winter Games. The resolution focuses not just
on respecting a truce around the period of the Olympic and Paralympic
Games next summer but also on wider efforts to use sport to promote
peaceful settlements for conflicts around the world, and achievement
of the Millennium Development Goals.
Details of the Olympic Truce concept can be found on
the website of the International Olympic Committee:
http://www.olympic.org/content/the-ioc/commissions/international-relations-/olympic-truce/
The text of the resolution in all UN languages can be found at
http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=a/66/l.3
From: A. Papazian
Noyan Tapan
18.10.2011
British Ambassadors in the South Caucasus have welcomed adoption ofa
UN Resolution on the Olympic Truce entitled "Building a peaceful and
better world through sport and the Olympic ideal". The resolution
was tabled at the UN General Assembly by the UK, as hosts of the
London 2012 Olympic Games. The resolution was adopted in New York on
17 October by consensus. For the first time the resolution has been
sponsored by all 193 UN member states, including Armenia, Azerbaijan
and Georgia.
Ambassadors Peter Bateman in Baku and Charles Lonsdale in Yerevan and
Charge d'Affaires Doug McMillan in Tbilisi issued a joint statement
saying: "We welcome this resolution - and the fact that it was adopted
unanimously. The UK has worked for many years to support peacebuilding
and conflict resolution in the South Caucasus. We hope that the ideals
the resolution represents can be converted into concrete steps for
peace in the region."
In ancient Greece the Olympic Games marked a period of peace
when competitors and others could travel safely to take part. The
International Olympic Committee revived the idea in 1992 to use sports
as a means to promote the Olympic ideals and to support peacebuilding
and conflict resolution efforts. Similar resolutions have been passed
before each Summer and Winter Games. The resolution focuses not just
on respecting a truce around the period of the Olympic and Paralympic
Games next summer but also on wider efforts to use sport to promote
peaceful settlements for conflicts around the world, and achievement
of the Millennium Development Goals.
Details of the Olympic Truce concept can be found on
the website of the International Olympic Committee:
http://www.olympic.org/content/the-ioc/commissions/international-relations-/olympic-truce/
The text of the resolution in all UN languages can be found at
http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=a/66/l.3
From: A. Papazian