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UN calls for respect for Olympic truce as Paris Summer Games begin

By UN News  As the Summer Olympics and Paralympics get underway in Paris, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for global respect of the Olympic Truce – a custom of halting all hostilities before to after the Games. In November, the UN General Assembly adopted a vote to observe the truce in Paris. “In a moment like this, it’s important to say that the first recorded in history real peace initiative was the Olympic Truce,” Mr. Guterres said during a press briefing in the French capital alongside International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. Addressing a news conference in the French capital Paris, he added that this also a moment to remind the world that guns must be silenced. Noting many […]

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