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NEW YORK – The 2010 Olympic Truce resolution was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly today, promoting peaceful resolutions to conflicts around the globe. 

“Around the world, the Olympic Games are a symbol of peaceful, friendly competition between nations – a spirit that is embodied in the Olympic Truce and the dream of a world free from violent conflicts,” said Premier Gordon Campbell. “On behalf of the host province of British Columbia, I urge people, governments and nations around the world to embrace the Olympics as an opportunity to connect with one-another through sport and find peaceful resolutions to disputes.” 

As part of commemorating the Olympic Truce, it is tradition for the Host Country of the Games to present a resolution at the UN, calling on the world to celebrate the principle that sport can inspire peace during the Olympic Games. As the host country, Canada presented the Olympic Truce resolution to the UN General Assembly today. 

The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideals” every two years since 1993. 

The tradition of the Olympic Truce dates back to Ancient Greece, when the truce ensured athletes, artists, their families and pilgrims could travel in safety to participate in or attend the Olympic Games.

The 2010 Olympic Truce resolution “calls upon all Member States to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee in their efforts to use sport as a tool to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the Olympic Games period.”