Overview
- The 193-nation General Assembly adopted the truce resolution by consensus, drawing applause from diplomats, the IOC and sports delegates.
- The measure urges observance from seven days before the Olympics until seven days after the Paralympics to ensure safe passage and participation of athletes and accredited personnel, with cooperation requested with the IOC and IPC.
- IOC President Kirsty Coventry called on governments to keep sport separate from politics, not to deny visas on political grounds, and to leave athlete entries to sports federations rather than states.
- Coverage links Coventry’s warning to Indonesia’s recent denial of visas to Israel’s gymnastics team, after which the IOC advised against staging international events in Indonesia and halted discussions on future Olympic hosting there.
- Reporters note the appeal’s symbolic nature and uncertain enforcement, citing past breaches of Olympic truces related to conflicts in 2008, 2014 and 2022.