Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1999
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SymbolA/RES/54/34
TitleBuilding a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
Other titles
Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal
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Summary
Urges Member States to obvserve the Olympic Truce during the games of the XXVII Olympiad, to be held at Sydney, Australia, from 15 Sept. to 1 Oct. 2000; also urges Member States to take the initiative to abide by the Olympic Truce, individually and collectively, and to pursue the peaceful settlement of all international conflicts through diplomatic solutions; reaffirms the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and requests the Secretary-General to promote the observance of the Olympic Truce among Member States, drawing the attention of world public opinion to the contribution such a truce would make to the promotion of international understanding and the preservation of peace and goodwill, and to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee in the realization of this objective.
Action note1999-11-24
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 63rd meeting
DraftA/54/L.26
Meeting record
A/54/PV.63
Agenda information
A/54/251 22 Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal. SPORTS--PEACE
Date[New York] : UN, 18 Jan. 2000
Description
3 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 63rd plenary meeting, 24 Nov. 1999.