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Beijing 2022UN Secretary-General underscores UN commitment to IOC and its mission
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Beijing 2022Beijing 2022 athletes invited to sign Olympic Truce Mural
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Beijing 2022UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for the Olympic Truce to be observed
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Beijing 2022UN General Assembly adopts Olympic Truce for Beijing 2022, highlighting the contribution of sport to the promotion of peace and solidarity
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Tokyo 2020Athletes invited to show commitment to building a peaceful world through sport at Tokyo 2020 by signing the Olympic Truce Mural
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Tokyo 2020IOC President pays respect to Hiroshima as Truce for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 comes into effect
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Tokyo 2020UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for the Olympic Truce to be observed
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Tokyo 2020Solemn appeal by United Nations to observe Olympic Truce during Tokyo 2020
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IOC NewsUN General Assembly confirms new dates for the observation period of the Olympic Truce
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IOC NewsIOC President stresses importance of unity and solidarity as UN General Assembly adopts Olympic Truce for Tokyo 2020 by consensus
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PyeongChang 2018The Olympic Village in PyeongChang unveils the Olympic Truce Mural, created by South Korean artist Jaeseok Lee
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IOC NewsThe history of the Olympic Truce
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IOC NewsThe Olympic Truce, an idea reborn with every Olympic Games
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IOC NewsIOC President highlights athletes' exemplary role as the UN General Assembly adopts Olympic Truce for PyeongChang 2018 by consensus
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RIO 2016A Call for Peace from the Home of Olympic Athletes
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Refugee Olympic TeamUN General Assembly approves Olympic Truce for Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016
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Development through sportOlympic Village welcomes 2012 Truce Wall
What is "Olympic Truce"?
The tradition of the “Olympic Truce”, or “Ekecheiria”, was established in Ancient Greece in the ninth century BC through the signing of a treaty between three kings – Iphitos of Elis, Cleosthenes of Pisa and Lycurgus of Sparta – to allow safe participation in the ancient Olympic Games for all athletes and spectators from these Greek city-states, which were otherwise almost constantly engaged in conflict with each other.
Taking into account the new political reality in which sport and the Olympic Games exist, the IOC decided to revive the concept of the Olympic Truce for the Olympic Games, with a view to protecting, as far as possible, the interests of the athletes and sport in general, and to harness the power of sport to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation more broadly.
Since 1993, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly has repeatedly expressed its support for the Olympic Truce ideal and for the IOC’s mission by adopting, every two years – one year before each edition of the Olympic Games – a resolution entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal".
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Olympic Truce history
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Games Organising Committee initiatives
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