The Olympic Ideal

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 156 Building a peaceful and better world through sport, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1994–1995

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/50/13

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/50/13	The Olympic Ideal	600	22%Compare
1994	A/RES/49/29	The Olympic Ideal	585	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Anniversaries International Years Olympic Games Peace Sports Tolerance Youth

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

See A/49/313, annex I.

Congratulates the International Olympic Committee upon its centenary and for its activities organized to celebrate the observance of the International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal in 1994 in cooperation with the International Sports Federations and the National Olympic Committees;

Welcomes the report of the President of the International Olympic Committee transmitted to members of the General Assembly concerning the 1994 International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal; 2/

Requests the Secretary-General to invite and encourage ministers of youth and sport or concerned officials of States Members of the United Nations to participate in the consideration by the Assembly at its fiftieth session of an item entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal" on the eve of the centenary of the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 at Athens, and also requests the Secretary-General to invite the President of the International Olympic Committee to attend;

Calls upon Member States to reaffirm during the fiftieth session of the Assembly the observance of the Olympic Truce, which will be observed during the next Summer Olympic Games, to be held at Atlanta, United States of America, in 1996;

Invites the President of the International Olympic Committee to mobilize the Olympic Movement in support of the forthcoming celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations and of the United Nations Year for Tolerance in 1995;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session an item entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal".

A/49/720, annex.

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