The Olympic Ideal, G.A. res. 50/13, 50 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 20, U.N. Doc. A/50/49 (Vol. I) (1995).



                   
      The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling its resolution 49/29 of 7 December 1994, in which it requested
the Secretary-General to encourage ministers of youth and sport or concerned
officials of Member States to participate in the consideration by the General
Assembly at its fiftieth session of an item entitled "Building a peaceful and
better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal" on the eve of the centenary
of the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 at Athens, on the initiative of a
French educator, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and called upon Member States to
reaffirm during the fiftieth session of the Assembly the observance of the
Olympic Truce, during the next Summer Olympic Games,
 
      Recalling also its resolution 48/11 of 25 October 1993, which, inter
alia, revived the ancient Greek tradition of ekecheria or "Olympic Truce",
calling for all hostilities to cease during the Games, thereby mobilizing the
youth of the world in the cause of peace,
 
      Taking into account resolution CM/Res.28(LXII), adopted by the Council
of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity at its sixty-second ordinary
session, held at Addis Ababa from 21 to 23 June 1995, and endorsed by the
Assembly of Heads of State and Government of that organization, which supports
the appeal for an Olympic Truce,
 
      Reaffirming that the Olympic Ideal promotes international understanding,
particulary among the youth of the world, through sport and culture in order
to advance the harmonious development of humankind,
 
      Nothing with satisfaction the increasing number of joint endeavours of
the International Olympic Committee and the United Nations system, such as
recent meetings on "Sport against drugs" with the United Nations International
Drug Control Programme, "Sport and the environment" with the United Nations
Environment Programme, "Sport for all and health for all" with the World
Health Organization and "Forum on physical activity and sport" with the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
 
      1.    Calls upon Member States to reaffirm the observance of an Olympic
Truce during the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, the Centennial Games, to be held
at Atlanta, United States of America, from 19 July to 4 August 1996, and also
calls upon them to reaffirm the observance of the Olympic Truce in advance of
each Summer and Winter Olympic Games;
 
      2.    Commends the International Olympic Committee, now in its one-
hundred-and-first year, for promoting international understanding and equality
among nations and thereby serving the cause of peace and the well-being of
humankind by providing assistance for the development of sport and the Olympic
Ideal;
 
      3.    Welcomes the participation of ministers of youth and sport and
concerned officials and the presence of the President of the International
Olympic Committee in its consideration of the item entitled "Building a
peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal" at its fiftieth
session; 
 
      4.    Suggests that national ministries of youth and sport consider
collaborating with the Olympic Movement, in the spirit of Olympic ethics and
fair play, on preventive education programmes such as anti-doping programmes,
drug abuse prevention, environmental protection and enhancing the
participation of women in all aspects of the sport movement;
 
      5.    Requests the Secretary-General to continue to cooperate with the
International Olympic Committee in joint endeavours for the promotion of
peace, equality among nations and the harmonious development of humankind;
 
      6.    Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
session the item entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport
and the Olympic Ideal" and to biennialize this item so that it will be
considered in advance of each Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
      

 

 



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