Un appeals to the Olympic track for the 2026 winter games after the Russia-Ukraine War
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Almost four years after Russia broke the council by attacking Ukraine just days before the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, the UN is urging all nations to take notice.
The plea was made at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, saying that the cessation of hostilities during the Premier sports events in the world can be “a tool to promote peace, dialogue, tolerance for the Milan-Cortina games.
The discovery of the decision made by agreement in the agreement that praises the 193-year-old nation is greeted with applause by diplomats, the international Olympic committee and sports representatives.
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A crew member jumps to fix the Beijing Olympics logo before the start of the Olympic and beijing festival, ept. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Italy’s Giovanni Malagò, President of the Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympics, presented the decision.
“At a time of growing strife and conflict, sport and the Olympics can provide a beacon of hope, an alternative to competition and division,” she said.
The decision recalled the ancient Greek tradition of Ekecheiria, or the Olympic Trace, to promote a peaceful environment and ensure safe movement and participation of athletes in the Games,
International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Covecentry told the meeting shortly before the discovery of the country that “conflicts and divisions continue to cause suffering that does not exist” can provide a rare place where people come together and not as adversaries. “
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He said the Olympic trail is “a call to put aside what separates us and instead focus on what unites us.”
But he emphasized that athletes cannot do this alone.
Coventry urged all countries to “keep sport and politics separate” and ensure that athletes are not denied visas for political reasons. He said players “must not be judged by where they come from, but rather by their performances.”
Caventry’s plea not to deny visas comes weeks after the global controversy in which the Indonesian government disbanded a delegation from the Israeli group ThminalShisShisk. The IOC had international competitions held in Indonesia as a result, and ended all discussion of the country hosting the Olympics in the future.
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina and Milan Run from February 4 to February 26.
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Russia has broken the Olympic record three times in 14 years, fighting a war with Georgia over the site of the 2018 Ukraine Olympics and starting to break the 2022 Olympics.
Russia was banned from competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics due to the timing of the invasion of Ukraine. However, Russian athletes competed as neutrals, and were allowed to attend the closing ceremony.
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