UNITED NATIONS -- The UN General Assembly adopted unanimously on Wednesday a resolution which calls for truce during the Beijing Olympic Games next year.
The resolution, submitted by China and cosponsored by 186 nations, urges member states to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively during the Games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing and the following Paralympic Games.
The resolution, entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal," was approved by the 192-member body unanimously.
It welcomes the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to mobilize international sports organizations and the National Olympic Committees of the member states to undertake concrete actions at the local, national, regional and world levels to promote and strengthen a culture of peace and harmony based on the spirit of the Olympic Truce.
It also calls on all member states to cooperate with the IOC in its efforts to use sport as an instrument to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the Olympic Games.
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