General Assembly Meets on Sport for Development and Peace: Building a Peaceful and Better World through Sport and Olympic Ideal

Kirsty Coventry, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), addresses the 46th plenary meeting of the General Assembly on Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal.

The Assembly later adopted a resolution on "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal". The Resolution Urges Member States to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively, within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations, throughout the period from the seventh day before the start of the XXV Olympic Winter Games until the seventh day following the end of the XIV Paralympic Winter Games, to be held in Milano-Cortina in 2026.