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Aid Still Required
Aid Still Required Calls for Global Truce During Games
August 22nd, 2008
Ceasefires are no strangers to the Olympic Games. They have been part of Olympiads since Ancient Greece and are a fundamental of the modern day Olympics' mission. In the last two decades, the banner of the Olympic Truce has been picked up virtually every year by the International Olympic Committee, the United Nations, and/or its member states. So last fall when China sponsored UN Resolution G/A 62/L.2 it was hardly breaking new ground. 186 nations, including Sudan, home of war-ravaged Darfur, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan, co-sponsored the resolution "to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the Olympic Games period." A similar...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-08-22)
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