Building a Peaceful and Better World Through Sport and the Olympic Ideal

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 24 Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 1997–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/8

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/8	Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal	2,381	67%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/10	Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal	2,232	72%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/13	Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal	2,123	77%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/16	Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal	2,198	77%Compare
2017	A/RES/72/6	Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal	1,964	67%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Dispute Settlement Flags Olympic Games Peace Public Opinion Sports

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Urges Member States to observe the Olympic Truce during the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, which will be held in Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February 1998, the vision of which is to be a link to the twenty-first century, inspiring the search for wisdom for the new era, respect for the beauty and bounty of nature and the furtherance of peace and goodwill;

Takes note of the idea of the Olympic Truce, as dedicated in ancient Greece to the spirit of fraternity and understanding between peoples, and urges Member States to take the initiative to abide by the Olympic Truce, individually and collectively, and to pursue in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations the peaceful settlement of all international conflicts;

Calls upon all Member States to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee in its efforts to promote the Olympic Truce;

Requests the Secretary-General to promote the observance of the Olympic Truce among Member States, drawing the attention of world public opinion to the contribution such a truce would make to the promotion of international understanding and the preservation of peace and goodwill, and to cooperate with the International Olympic Committee in the realization of this objective;

Welcomes the decision of the International Olympic Committee to fly the United Nations flag at all competition sites of the Olympic Games;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal" and to consider this item before the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney, Australia, in the year 2000.

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