President of International Olympic Committee Briefs Press at UN Headquarters

Kirsty Coventry (at microphones), President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), briefs reporters after 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. With her are Maurizio Massari (second from left in front), Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, and Giovanni Malagò, President of Milano-Cortina 2026 Foundation.

The General Assembly 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.