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UN General Assembly adopts Olympic Truce Resolution for Paris 2024

The document was presented by Paris 2024 Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet

UNITED NATIONS, November 21 /TASS/. The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution for the observance of the Olympic Truce for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.

The document was presented by Paris 2024 Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet.

"The Games are the best representation of the power of sport, because they spread these values of sharing, tolerance and respect throughout the whole world," he said. "After an absence of one hundred years, France, homeland of Pierre de Coubertin and the country of the revival of the modern Games, will be hosting the 33rd Summer Olympic Games. And for the first time, our country will also host the Summer Paralympic Games, for their 17th edition."

"I have the honor of presenting the Resolution ‘For a better world through sport,’ looking ahead to the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024," the French official announced.

The resolution, titled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal," comprises nine provisions. It calls for observing the Olympic truce, which begins seven days before the start of the games and ends seven days after the end of the Paralympic Games, and also urges to ensure safe passage, access and participation for athletes, officials and all accredited guests.

It also "calls upon all Member States to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee in their efforts to use sport as a tool to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the period of the Olympic and Paralympic Games."

The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be hosted by the French capital of Paris between July 26 and August 11. The decision on participation of Russian athletes has not yet been made.