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PeaceWaves and all the
young people that shared with us the process of awareness
and discussion about the Olympic Truce during the last 5
years, present a proposal for the next Resolution for the
Olympic Truce. A Resolution "from the below", shared and
participated in a local, national and international level.
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Our proposal for the Resolution for the Olympic
Truce
Considering the art. 1 of the Resolution of
the General Assembly of the UN regarding the observance of the
Olympic Truce during the winter and summer Olympic Games - A/RES/48/11,
1993:
“The General Assembly of United Nations
commends the International Olympic Committee,
the International Sports Federations
and the National Olympic Committees
for their efforts to mobilize the youth
of the world in the cause of peace”
The young participants of the Olympic Truce
Resolution Meeting – Torino (Italy) 23rd 27th February 2005 -
promote a proposal for the UN Resolution for the observance of the
Olympic Truce during the Winter Olympic Games of Torino 2006 to be
discussed during the sixtieth UN General Assembly from September
to December 2005.
The General Assembly,
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Recalling its resolution 58/6 dated 18
November 2003, in which it decided to include in the provisional
agenda of its sixtieth session the item entitled “Building a
peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal”
and its decision to consider this item every two years in
advance of each Summer and Winter Olympic Games,
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Recalling also its resolution 48/11 of 25
October 1993, which, inter alia, revived the ancient Greek
tradition of ekecheiria or “Olympic Truce” calling for a truce
during the Games that would encourage a peaceful environment and
ensuring the safe passage and participation of athletes and
others at the Games and, thereby, mobilizing the youth of the
World to the cause of peace,
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Taking into consideration the inclusion in
the United Nations Millennium Declaration an appeal for the
support of the Olympic Committee in its efforts to promote peace
and human understanding through sport and the Olympic ideal,
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Noting that the Games of the XX Winter
Olympiads will take place from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin,
in Italy, and endorsed by the Assembly of Heads of States and
Government of that organization,
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Welcoming the initiative of the
Secretary-General to establish the United Nations Inter-agency
Task Force on Sport for Development and Peace,
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Recognizing that the goal of the Olympic
movement is to built a peaceful and better World by educating
the youth and the World through sport, practised without
discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which
requires mutual understanding, promoted by friendship,
solidarity and fair play,
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Recognizing also the valuable contribution
that the appeal launched by the International Olympic Committee
for an Olympic Truce, with which the National Olympic Committees
of the Member States are associated, could make towards
advancing purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations,
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Welcoming the individual support of World
personalities for the promotion of the Olympic Truce,
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Urges Member States to observe the Olympic
Truce during the XX Olympic Winter Games, which will be held in
Turin, Italy 10th - 26th February 2006 and the Paralympic Games,
which will be held in Turin, 10th - 19th March 2006, the vision
of which is the stop of all ongoing conflicts. This will be
achieved by non-violent settlement of conflicts and reopening
dialog channels among communities and cultures through youth
participation in democratic processes using sport, art and
education as universal means of cohesion to further Human
Sustainable Development.
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Calls upon all Member States to facilitate
the equalisation of the Paralympic Games with the Olympic Games
so that the Paralympic athletes have equal rights while the
Olympic Truce period is extended to include the Paralympics.
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Requests the International Olympic Committee
to cooperate with the accredited UN Agencies and the UN
Commissioner for Human Rights for the monitoring of universal
human rights standards and their possible violations during the
Olympic and Paralympic Games, and that already passed and future
resolutions are fully enacted upon.
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Asks the UNESCO agency to make the concept of
the Olympic Truce and of the games be a part of the World’s
Common Heritage.
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Requests the commitment of the candidate
cities to an Olympic Truce Action Plan including social,
economic, environmental and cultural development measures to be
used as criteria for evaluation by the International Olympic
Committee during the selection process.
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Requests Member States to promote Olympic
Truce actions for the implementation of the Millennium
Development Goals and support the campaigns against child labour.
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Welcomes the organisation of an Olympic Truce
Youth Camp to be held in the host city of the Summer and Winter
Games; and that the Youth Camp, from now on, during the Olympic
and Paralympic Games, will deal with issues such as Sustainable
Development, Human Rights, Youth policies in order to increase
the awareness of the Olympic Truce.
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Urges Member States to promote the Olympic
Truce spirit and ideals among children and youth during their
compulsory education by organizing artistic cultural activities
and encouraging the public to debate with athletes and other
functionaries about Olympic values and fair play.
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Decides to include in the provisional agenda
of its sixty-second Session the item entitled “Building a
peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”
and to consider this item before the XXIX Olympic Games in
Beijing, China, in the year 2008.
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