UN / OLYMPIC TRUCE

The General Assembly adopted the Olympic Truce resolution for the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Milano Cortina 2026. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:04:15
• Production Date: 19 November 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ANNALENA BAERBOCK; KIRSTY COVENTRY
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - IOC
• Subject Topical: ARMED CONFLICTS; SPORTS; OLYMPIC TRUCE; OLYMPIC GAMES; PEACEBUILDING; CEASEFIRES; WAR; CONFLICT SITUATION; RIGHT TO PEACE; PEACEMAKING
• Geographic Subject: ITALY
• MAMS Id: 3504531
• Parent Id: 3503325
• Alternate Title: unifeed251119a

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STORY: UN / OLYMPIC TRUCE
TRT: 04:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 19 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations

19 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Annalena Baerbock, President, General Assembly, United Nations:
“I congratulate the host country, Italy – the Milan–Cortina 2026 Winter Games are on track to be the most gender-balanced in history, with women expected to make up 47 percent of athletes, up from 45.4 percent in Beijing in 2022. Knowing that teams are strongest when they embrace the full range of gender diversity.”
4. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Annalena Baerbock, President, General Assembly, United Nations:
“Even in a divided world, unity remains possible, and respect for our common rules means that we all win. So, we should remember—not only when cheering for the next Olympic medal at the beginning of next year, but also when you vote on the next resolutions in this hall—that playing by the rules is the life insurance for all of us.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Giovanni Malagò, President, Organising Committee for Milano Cortina 2026:
“This is what the Olympic Charter stands for; athletes from all over the world coming together in friendship and united by the power of sport. The draft resolution before you today notes the role of sport in inspiring individuals and communities to uphold these core values. It also acknowledges that the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Milano-Cortina will be a unifying event to harness the power of sport.”
8. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsty Coventry, Double Olympic Champion of Swimming / President, International Olympic Committee:
“This is the spirit of the Olympic Truce: a call to set aside what divides us – and to focus on what unites us. But athletes cannot do this alone. They can only inspire the next generation if they are able to compete. In this divided world, we need to work together to keep sport and politics apart. This means athletes must be able to enter host countries and take part in competitions — not face the threat of being left back at home because they are denied a visa for politically motivated reasons.”
10. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsty Coventry, Double Olympic Champion of Swimming / President, International Olympic Committee:
“The final list of competitors must be decided by International Federations, not by governments. And athletes must be judged on their own sporting merits, not on the actions of their government.”
12. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsty Coventry, Double Olympic Champion of Swimming / President, International Olympic Committee:
“Even in these dark times of division, it is possible to celebrate our shared humanity and inspire hope for a better future. It is about finding the resolve to be Better Together: as athletes, as nations, and as a global community. This is the spirit of the Olympic Games, and it will shine from Milano Cortina to the world”
14. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Annalena Baerbock, President, General Assembly, United Nations:
“May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft resolution A/80/L.10? It is so decided.”
16. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
17. Med shot, speakers at stakeout
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsty Coventry, Double Olympic Champion of Swimming / President, International Olympic Committee:
“We saw gender equality for the first time on the field of play in Paris, and we'll see it in the first time for the Winter Games in 2026 and we're all very, very proud of that fact. But there's still so much more that we can do. It is incredibly rewarding to see that on the field of play, we're now at 50-50, now we have to set our sights to everything else.”
19. Med shot, speakers at stakeout

Storyline

The General Assembly adopted today (19 Nov) the Olympic Truce resolution for the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Milano Cortina 2026.

The draft resolution A/80/L.10 “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” (introduced by Italy) – was adopted unanimously and with additional co-sponsors.

Before the vote, Annalena Baerbock, President of the UN General Assembly, congratulated the host country, Italy as “the Milan–Cortina 2026 Winter Games are on track to be the most gender-balanced in history, with women expected to make up 47 percent of athletes, up from 45.4 percent in Beijing in 2022. Knowing that teams are strongest when they embrace the full range of gender diversity.”

Baerbock said, “Even in a divided world, unity remains possible, and respect for our common rules means that we all win. So, we should remember—not only when cheering for the next Olympic medal at the beginning of next year, but also when you vote on the next resolutions in this hall—that playing by the rules is the life insurance for all of us.”

Also addressing the General Assembly before the vote, Giovanni Malagò, President of the Organising Committee for Milano Cortina 2026 said, “This is what the Olympic Charter stands for; athletes from all over the world coming together in friendship and united by the power of sport. The draft resolution before you today notes the role of sport in inspiring individuals and communities to uphold these core values. It also acknowledges that the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Milano-Cortina will be a unifying event to harness the power of sport.”

Kirsty Coventry, Double Olympic Champion of Swimming and President of the International Olympic Committee said, “This is the spirit of the Olympic Truce: a call to set aside what divides us – and to focus on what unites us. But athletes cannot do this alone. They can only inspire the next generation if they are able to compete. In this divided world, we need to work together to keep sport and politics apart. This means athletes must be able to enter host countries and take part in competitions — not face the threat of being left back at home because they are denied a visa for politically motivated reasons.”

She stressed, “The final list of competitors must be decided by International Federations, not by governments. And athletes must be judged on their own sporting merits, not on the actions of their government.”

She concluded, “Even in these dark times of division, it is possible to celebrate our shared humanity and inspire hope for a better future. It is about finding the resolve to be Better Together: as athletes, as nations, and as a global community. This is the spirit of the Olympic Games, and it will shine from Milano Cortina to the world”

Addressing the press after the vote Coventry said, “We saw gender equality for the first time on the field of play in Paris, and we'll see it in the first time for the Winter Games in 2026 and we're all very, very proud of that fact. But there's still so much more that we can do. It is incredibly rewarding to see that on the field of play, we're now at 50-50, now we have to set our sights to everything else.”