UN Calls for Worldwide Truce during 2014 Winter Olympics
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The UN General Assembly has called for a worldwide truce for the duration of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games and the 11th Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The call poses the question why the UN calls for an impossible truce and if a call for the truth about the UN would not be a better starting point for securing world peace.
On Wednesday, the President of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, called on all 193 UN member states to do what is in their power to hold a worldwide truce in advance of the 2014 Winter Games. At a plenary session of the General Assembly, Ashe urged to end all conflicts, worldwide, before the opening of the games on 7 February, so as to promote sport as a tool for peace and development in the spirit of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece.
In ancient Greece, it was tradition to cease all hostilities before the Olympic Games, so the athletes were guaranteed safe passage to and from the sports event.
In 1993, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to revive the ancient tradition by calling on all UN members to respect a worldwide truce during, as well as seven days before and after all global sporting events. On 6 November 2013 the plenary of the UN General Assembly renewed the call with regards to the upcoming Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi. So far, no country that has been involved in an armed conflict has ever respected the truce, and it is unlikely to happen in 2014.
Call for Truce and Calls for The Truth. The call for a truce by UN General Assembly President John Ashe is unlikely to be honored and raises more questions about the UN as it raises questions about conflicts per se. The United Nations is, increasingly, coming under fire itself with some people going as far as demanding an end to the United Nations because it poses a threat to world peace as well as the sovereignty of its member states and their citizens.
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