Overview
- The 193-nation assembly adopted the nine-point resolution by consensus, drawing applause from diplomats and sports officials.
- It urges observance of a truce from seven days before the Games to seven days after the Paralympics to guarantee safe passage and participation.
- Member states are called to work with the IOC and IPC to use sport to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation during and beyond the events.
- IOC President Kirsty Coventry pressed governments to keep sport separate from politics and not deny athletes visas for political reasons.
- Italy’s organizing chief Giovanni Malagò introduced the measure, with the Milan–Cortina Olympics scheduled for Feb. 4–26 and the Paralympics for March 6–15.