Subject: Olympic Truce London 2012 Process: Vision, Concept Paper and Proposal for Action (April 2010)

The London 2012 Olympic Truce Campaign – Defining Stakeholders` Contributions - A Call for Coherent and Effective Action

London 2012

Contents

The Olympic Truce through Tourism – London 2012 Vision and Concept p2 Building up a Common Vision of Global Peace 2012 p3 The Process: Olympic Truce through Tourism - London 2012 p3 Olympic Truce through Tourism 2012 Proposed Knowledge Network Process p3 Proposal to Develop a London 2012 Olympic Peace Process Campaign p4 Technical Execution p4 Appendix I Olympic Truce Milestones p6 Appendix II Existing Conflicts Dealt with by UN Peace Keeping Operations p9 Appendix III International Institute of Peace through Tourism p11 Appendix IV 16 Days: The Role of the Olympic Truce in the Toolkit for Peace p13 Appendix V Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce p14

Gordon Sillence April 2010

In a nutshell: As the 5000 year old Mayan Calendar draws to a close in 2012, in the grip of multiple global crises, on the brink of socio-economic and environmental limits, a global population above 7 billion, every individual in the chain of suffering, the aim: to achieve the UN-backed 16 day Worldwide Truce during the London 2012 Olympics. Inner Peace, Global Peace - moving from a culture of violence to a culture of peace, locally and globally – we all want it, the world needs it. It`s for the people, the planet and prosperity for all- it needs your participation – we can do it together, and when it happens we will glimpse a truly sustainable international world order, and all benefit personally and collectively, materially and spiritually.

Janela Aberta 21, Centro de Educação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Education for Sustainable Development Centre) Monchique Algarve Portugal http://destinet.ew.eea.europa.eu/topics/peace-through-tourism/olympic-peace-through-tourism-london-2012 Coordinator: Gordon Sillence [email protected]

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The Olympic Truce through Tourism – London 2012 Vision and Concept

The aim: to achieve a 16 day Worldwide Truce during the London 2012 Olympics

The 16 days of world peace in 2012 that has been designated by the UN to accompany the Olympic (and para-Olympics) competitions is an aim worthy of our everyday effort, is obtainable in our lifetime, and is a positive and enlightened response to the challenges of climate change, poverty, loss of biodiversity and socio-economic collapse. It should not remain as a rhetorical goodwill statement, but be turned into a real force for global harmony and prosperity. It is a monumental task, only capable of being executed by many professional people following this common vision and moral purpose.

For the ancient Greeks the Olympics were a Holy Games, during which war was stopped and nations competed together in the spirit of friendship. The modern movement recalled this means of achieving peace on earth1 in the 90s and even at the Millennium turning point2. There are existing minor political processes in place to achieve it, although to this point they have proved ineffectual. However, there are many people who continue to show interest in supporting the goal of achieving an Olympic Truce, and the 2012 Olympics in London may offer the best opportunity to succeed.

Building up a Common Vision of Global Peace 2012 Like all global undertakings, no one individual can make this happen. It requires the personal commitment of a well-organized network of political, business, administrative and academic professionals together with a well-informed consumer audience, following a common vision. A concept of how to achieve this was developed for the Greek Olympics in the book 16 Days: The Role of the Olympic Truce in the Toolkit for Peace (see appendix IV- also up uploaded in the DestiNet campaign folder), and provides clear guidance on the vision. For the Beijing Olympics of 2008 the Olympic Rings of Light Project3 was initiated by Janela Aberta 21 Education for Sustainable Development Centre`s Global Citizenship Programme, (with input from the International Institute for Peace through Tourism`s (www.IIPT.org) director Louis D`Amore, who co-ordinates a global high-level peace through tourism network as a support action to high level diplomacy) with the focus on Darfur and Tibet.

Whereas the 2008 focus in China`s was on using the call for a truce to resolve the crises in Darfur, Tibet and China`s human rights abuses, the 2012 Olympics can broaden this coalition of issues to achieve peace in all nations wishing to compete in London. In particular, the 2012 campaign recognizes just how important this issue is for the European border, Middle East & African regions4, which can take a lead in creating this global framework for peace though tourism. It is a concept which could suit the Commonwealth history of the host nation, appeal to the new American political regime, and gain mass support among global citizens.

As well as fulfilling the most urgent of moral duties, ie the elimination of poverty, hunger, exploitation and oppression, the concept makes good business sense. It is based on developing a peace dividend for the tourism sector that will give the global economy a massive boost for 60 days of that year, with the intention that the sector contributes positively and effectively to create global prosperity via the framework of programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production5 being designed to meet the Millennium Goals targets and World Summit on Sustainable Development commitments.

1 Cf UN Declaration on Sport and Peace, Since 1993, the UN Assembly has unanimously adopted six Resolutions championing the cause of Olympic Truce.. http://www.olympictruce.org/v2/index.html 2 The United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted in New York in September 2000 by more than 150 Heads of State and Government, includes a paragraph on the promotion of peace and mutual understanding through the Olympic Truce 3 ´Inner Peace-Global Peace 24 hour Olympic Sit in Meditation` http://www.slideshare.net/picota/olympic-rings-of-light-event-details 4 Cf Amman Declaration of 2000 , major conflict zones in Isreal, Palastine, Iraq, Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Congo, etc … 5 World Summit Sustainable Development 2002 Johannesburg Plan of Implementation - developing a framework of programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production cf Sustainable Tourism Task Force 2

The Process: Olympic Truce through Tourism - London 2012

We need a clear road map to achieve an end to violent conflict and the creation of a tourism boom based on global peace. Furthermore, it is recognized that the global peace society needs is intricately linked with inner peace that individual need. To this end the following process has now been elaborated:

In each country the following 3 step programme should be executed:

Step 1: National campaigns are initiated to mainstream the Olympic Truce process, promoting the values of cultural exchange in the Olympic spirit, using travel and tourism as the vehicle of cultural interaction. Step 2: Tourism Ministers sign a declaration that their country would like to see a 16 day Truce in order for their national tourism economies to benefit. The declaration would invite Sports Ministers to sign a similar joint declaration. Step 3: The joint declaration from sports and tourism ministers invites Ministers of Foreign Affairs or Defense Ministers to sign a declaration that their countries will observe the Olympic Truce.

To time-table this, the following events and processes would be important:

2010 Initiation of a top down-bottom up multi-stakeholder networking process outlined below, including awareness campaigns at the: FIFA World Cup South Africa Commonwealth Games Singapore Youth Olympics

2011 UN Olympic ceasefire plans for each conflict zone drawn up in the 40 + conflict areas worldwide.

2012 London Olympic Worldwide Truce - each participant has publicly signed a declaration of Truce in order to participate. 16 days of Peace on Earth matched by 16 Day Global Responsible Travel Campaign

Olympic Peace through Tourism 2012 Proposed Knowledge Network Process

An Olympic Truce process depends on multi-stakeholder participation, with a networking strategy that would include:

Establishing a global networking process to create ´coalition of the willing` to achieve the London 2012- 16 Days Olympic Truce using of existing networks to establish an Olympic Peace Knowledge Network (Olympic Rings of Light London 2012) Key National level network of actors established globally, based on sub-global regional coordination All participants sign a willingness to have a ceasefire for the London Olympics and bring a time- tabled plan on how to achieve this. Media awareness campaign of UN Member (Inter and Intra-) State Oppression v Sustainable Tourism Peace Dividend for Global Prosperity

Examples of potential network involvement include:

Global Level – UN bodies esp UNWTO,UNESCO, and UNDESA, Google, Media, other Corporates, IOTC, IOC, IIPT, Ecotrans- Agenda 21-WSSD Networks European – Ecotrans- members network National -Sports ministries, tourism ministries, defense ministries, home and foreign affairs departments, Private enterprise, Media, London Olympic Committee

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Consumer Level: LOHAS followers, Social Networks, NGO members, Tourists, Sports fans, individuals comitted to social well-being

As stated earlier, success depends on the personal commitment of a well-organized network of business, administrative and academic professionals together with a well-informed consumer audience and local individual in all countries following a common vision.

I believe people working in the tourism and sports sectors have the capacity to do this. And if you are reading this then you are likely to be one of those people needed to make this happen.

Proposal to Develop a London 2012 Olympic Peace Process Campaign

With the above issues in mind, the size of the task should be measured against the commitment to achieve it. In this case, I have observed the entire process to work for the Olympic Truce in the Chinese Games and the Vancouver Winter Olympics, and I can say that necessary awareness, committed stakeholders, the governance structures, and types of actions undertaken were all far to weak and too late to have an effect.

For this plan to work in London 2012, the above concept needs to be implementated from 2009 onwards - a workplan needs to be formulated, resources found, people need to be informed, interested, drawn into a programe of common activities, etc, … issues which are now elaborated in this section.

I propose that a project is structured so that the issues can be dealt with in a professional capacity. The form of the project would be to run a three year globalknowledge networking and marketing campaign in the framework of tourism and sport, promoting the concept of peace through tourism as an extension of the People,Planet, Prosperity theme of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) updating the 2002 campaign to bring the 2012 WSSD follow up in Brazil together with the Olympics..

The networking and campaign message would a call for the development of a global network of governments, companies and civil society groups working towards an Olympic Truce in London 2012, during which 16 days of global peace would take place. The International Olympic Truce Committee and the Intenational Institute of Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) would be asked to coordinate this network (see Appendix 1 IIPT Newsletter January 2009) with key tourism sector stakeholders.

This ´coalition of the willing`would simultaneously work towards developing the conditions and opportunities for global trade and travel during the 16 day truce period, which would centre on the unveiling of a green/responsible global tourism supply chain, linking the world together. Consumers would be encouraged to use the supply chain during this period. The work programme would be based on the document 16 Days: The Role of the Olympic Truce in the Toolkit for Peace (see Appendix III) which offers both an analysis and recommended implementation framework for the Truce (which now needs to be updated from the 2004 Games and applied to London 2012).

Technical Execution

The process would be mapped using the Atlas Technology on the DestiNet Portal, which would be the administrative tool for the networking of the Olympic Truce members, used in conjunction with the IIPT and other networks. I would administer the development of the contact networks that need to be established. This would be done on a country by country basis, focusing on the key decision-making countries and the 40 plus countries with designated conflict zones. Here the target stakeholders will be those that a) have the responsibility and authority to enact the peace process, and b) those who would benefit from the peace dividend that would result from the 16 day truce period. The campaign would also

4 aim to attact global support, in which the WSSD process in both the private and public sectors would be the basis from which to build a strong body of influence at local to national level.

As I have said I do sincerely believe that the 16 days of world peace in 2012 that has been supported by the UN to accompany the Olympic (and Para-Olympics) competitions is an aim that both worthy of our everyday effort, is obtainable in our lifetime, and is a positive and enlightened response to the challenges of climate change, poverty, loss of biodiversity and socio-economic collapse. It should not remain as a rhetorical goodwill statement, but be turned into a real force for global harmony and prosperity. It is a monumental task, only capable of being executed by many professional people following this common vision and moral purpose. I believe people working in the tourism sector have the capacity to do this, but, given the efforts of existing stakeholders, not without the added input from a project such as I have described here, if we are to be realistic.

I hope you can consider the importance of supporting this action, and we can develop this historic concept further together. Please contact me and we can discuss how to make this a success.

Gordon Sillence (updated 16th April 2010 )

For Further information please contact:

Gordon Sillence Coordinator Janela Aberta 21, Vice President Ecotrans Network on Tourism and Sustainable Development, Executive Director DestiNet Partnership [email protected] [email protected] www.destinet.eu/topics/peace-through-tourism 00351 912 373 124

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Appendix I http://www.olympictruce.org/discover/timeline.php

Olympic Truce Milestones

776 BC The establish the Ekecheiria (Olympic Truce).

1894 The International Olympic Committee is established, with the goal of contributing to a peaceful future for humankind through the educational value of sport.

1896 Athens organizes the first Olympic Games of the modern era.

1992 The Olympic Movement activates the peaceful power of sport and the Olympic Ideal in the beginning of a new era. The International Olympic Committee calls upon the international community to observe the Olympic Truce.

1993 During its 48th Session, the United Nations General Assembly urges its Member States to observe the Olympic Truce.

1994 The Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, revive hope in conflict-torn Sarajevo, host city of the 1984 Olympic Winter Games. After coordinated diplomatic efforts, the Olympic Truce is observed, giving the opportunity to an International Olympic Committee delegation headed by its president to visit the city and extend its solidarity to the population.

1995 The resolution of the 50th Session of the United Nations General Assembly supports the idea of building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal.

1996 The "Athens 2004" bid committee makes a commitment to revive the Olympic Truce and to promote it in the world through the Olympic Flame Relay.

1997 The 52nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution on the observance of the Olympic Truce during the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998.

1998 Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs George Papandreou presents the proposal of Greece for the institutional consolidation of Olympic Truce in the new millennium to the members of the International Olympic Committee.

1998 During the Nagano Olympic Winter Games, tensions in the Persian Gulf region are high. The 6 observance of Olympic Truce according to United Nations resolutions offers an opportunity to United Nations Secretary General to intervene to seek a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Iraq.

1999 180 United Nations Member-States, a record number, co-sponsor a resolution in support of the observance of the Olympic Truce during the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney, Australia.

2000 The International Olympic Truce Foundation and the International Olympic Truce Centre are founded.

2000 During the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney in 2000, the South and North Korean delegations walk in the stadium together, under the same flag.

2000 The United Nations Millenium Summit held in New York from 6 to 8 September 2000, which gathered more than 150 Heads of State and Government, adopted a Millennium declaration that included a paragraph on the observance of the Olympic Truce.

2001 The 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution on the Olympic Truce in preparation for the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

2002 The collection of signatures by international personalities in support of the Olympic Truce is launched in Ancient Olympia, during the lighting of the Olympic Flame for the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games. The call is supported by hundreds of dignitaries, including Heads of State of Government, speakers of Parliaments, Foreign Ministers, religious leaders, Heads of international organizations, athletes and Olympic movement officials, and leaders in the fields of business, literature and the arts.

2003 The nations of the world unanimously urge humanity to celebrate the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens, Greece, in peace, through the adoption of an Olympic Truce resolution by 190 UN Member States, a number unprecedented in history.

2004 The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad take place in August in Athens, Greece, where the Olympic Games and Olympic Truce were born.

2005 The nations of the world again commit themselves to promoting the respect of ancient tradition at the in Torino, Italy, in 2006. At the 60th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Olympic Truce resolution was adopted.

2006 The XX Olympic Winter Games take place in February in Torino, Italy.

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2007 The 62nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution on the Olympic Truce in preparation for the Olympic Games in Beijing.

2008 The Games of the XXVIV Olympiad take place in August in Beijing, China under the slogan ´One World One Dream`, whilst Chinese occupy Tibet, wage war in Darfur and oppress own citizens.

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Olympic Youth Games Singapore

2012 London Olympics

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Appendix II

A) Map of Existing Conflicts Dealt with by UN Peace Keeping Operations: http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/peace/conflictmap/conflictmap.html

B) Conflict List 1948 – present (UN Peace Keeping operations) (http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/list/list.pdf)

UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organization May 1948 present UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan January 1949 present UNEF I First United Nations Emergency Force November 1956 June 1967 UNOGIL United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon June 1958 December 1958 ONUC United Nations Operation in the Congo July 1960 June 1964 UNSF United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea October 1962 April 1963 UNYOM United Nations Yemen Observation Mission July 1963 September 1964 UNFICYP United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus March 1964 present DOMREP Mission of the Representative of the SG in the Dominican Republic May 1965 October 1966 UNIPOM United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission September 1965 March 1966 UNEF II Second United Nations Emergency Force October 1973 July 1979 UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Force June 1974 present UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon March 1978 present UNGOMAP United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan May 1988 March 1990 UNIIMOG United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group August 1988 February 1991 UNAVEM I United Nations Angola Verification Mission I January 1989 June 1991 UNTAG United Nations Transition Assistance Group April 1989 March 1990 ONUCA United Nations Observer Group in Central America November 1989 January 1992 UNIKOM United Nations Iraq - Kuwait Observation Mission April 1991 October 2003 MINURSO United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara April 1991 present UNAVEM II United Nations Angola Verification Mission II June 1991 February 1995 ONUSAL United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador July 1991 April 1995 9

UNAMIC United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia October 1991 March 1992 UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force February 1992 March 1995 UNTAC United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia March 1992 September 1993 UNOSOM I United Nations Operation in Somalia I April 1992 March 1993 ONUMOZ United Nations Operation in Mozambique December 1992 December 1994 UNOSOM II United Nations Operation in Somalia II March 1993 March 1995 UNOMUR United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda June 1993 September 1994 UNOMIG United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia August 1993 present UNOMIL United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia September 1993 September 1997 UNMIH United Nations Mission in Haiti September 1993 June 1996 UNAMIR United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda October 1993 March 1996 UNASOG United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group May 1994 June 1994 UNMOT United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan December 1994 May 2000 UNAVEM III United Nations Angola Verification Mission III February 1995 June 1997 UNCRO United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia May 1995 January 1996 UNPREDEP United Nations Preventive Deployment Force March 1995 February 1999 UNMIBH United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina December 1995 December 2002 UNTAES United Nations transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western SirmiumJanuary 1996 January 1998 UNMOP United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka January 1996 December 2002 UNSMIH United Nations Support Mission in Haiti July 1996 July 1997 MINUGUA United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala January 1997 May 1997 MONUA United Nations Observer Mission in Angola June 1997 February 1999 UNTMIH United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti August 1997 November 1997 MINOPUH UN Civilian Police Mission in Haiti December 1997 March 2000 January 1998 October 1998 MINURCA United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic April 1998 February 2000 UNOMSIL United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone July 1998 October 1999 UNMIK UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo June 1999 present UNAMSIL United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone October 1999 December 2005 UNTAET United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor October 1999 May 2002 MONUC UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo November 1999 present UNMEE United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea July 2000 July 2008 UNMISET United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor May 2002 May 2005 UNMIL United Nations Mission in Liberia September 2003 present UNOCI United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire April 2004 present MINUSTAH United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti June 2004 present ONUB United Nations Operation in Burundi June 2004 December 2006 UNMIS United Nations Mission in the Sudan March 2005 present UNMIT United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste August 2006 present UNAMID African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur July 2007 present MINURCAT United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad September 2007 present ….

Please note however that the Olympic Truce concepts covers more that inter-state and intra-state conflicts, taking an holistic view of peace based on the transition from a culture of violent to a culture of peace (see appendix IV).

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Appendix III

January 2009 Issue

IIPT FEATURED AT WORLD TRAVEL MARKET

The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) was again featured at World Travel Market on November 11th 2008 with a theme of:

Peace through Tourism: The Next Twenty Years

The November 11th date was particularly significant together with the symbolism of the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month as it was the precise 90th anniversary of the end of World War I – the “War to end all wars.”

Nine million people were killed in what has been called the “Great War.” Yet, as history has shown, another 100 million people were killed in the remaining 82 years of the 20th century as a result of conflict – most of them innocent men, women and children. We have begun this 21st Century with conflict that has now gone on longer than that first “Great War.”

The event began with a brief video featuring “Voices of the first 20 years” that included President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, both of whom sent video- taped messages to the 1st IIPT Global Conference in Vancouver, 1988; Kind Abdullah II, Patron of the 1st Global Summit, Amman 2000; Harvey Golub, Chairman, American Express and World Travel & Tourism Council and others.

Featured speakers who shared their insights, ideas, ideals – and vision on tourism’s contribution to peace in the next 20 years included: Ms. Fiona Jeffery, Chair, World Travel Market: Dr. Dawid de Villiers, Chairman, UN World Tourism Organization Strategic Group, and Special Adviser to the UNWTO Secretary-General on Ethical Matters; Ms. Janice Antonson, Chair, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA); Mr. Chris Russo, President and CEO, American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA); Ms. Michele McKenzie, Chair, Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC); Mr. Dennis Castleman, Vice President, Inter-governmental Affairs, Travel Industry Association of America (TIA); Ms. Hulya Aslantas, President, SKAL International; David Jones, Director General, World Youth, Student & Educational Travel Confederation (WYSE TC); Mr. Birger Bäckman, Senior Advisor, United Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations UFTAA).

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IIPT 20th Anniversary

Peace through Tourism: The Next Twenty Years

As well, November 8-11 was the precise 8th Anniversary of IIPT’s 1st Global Summit on Peace though Tourism, Amman 2000 and launch of the IIPT Global Peace Parks Program from Bethany Beyond the Jordan, site of Christ’s baptism, precisely on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, in the 1st year of the new Millennium

Support for Olympic Truce Leading up to IIPT Founder and President, Louis D’Amore, used the occasion to announce that IIPT would seek to mobilize the global travel and tourism industry in support of the Olympic Truce leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His proposal received immediate enthusiastic endorsement by Ms. Michele McKenzie, Chair, Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) and other global leaders taking part in the event.

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Appendix IV

16 Days: The Role of the Olympic Truce in the Toolkit for Peace

By Rachel Briggs, Helen McCarthy, Alexis Zorbas, International Olympic Truce Centre

Published by Demos, 2004 ISBN 1841801259, 9781841801254 106 pages http://destinet.ew.eea.europa.eu/topics/peace-through-tourism/olympic-peace-through-tourism-london-2012/16days-demos.pdf

This book serves as guidance for building the complex and large-scale Olympic Peace Process.

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Appendix V

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce

http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/winter-games-history/olympic-truce/

Vancouver 2010 aims to pursue the Olympic Truce (www.olympictruce.org) goals of protecting the interests of athletes and contributing to peaceful and diplomatic solutions to conflict around the world. Canadians will be engaged through initiatives that leave lasting legacies in the local, national and international community.

For Canadians, the messages of peace, equality, inclusion and friendship are intrinsic to local and global citizenship. Building on

Canada’s long history of promoting peace, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Truce aims to extend the ideals of Olympism through an open invitation to act in the Olympic spirit – mutual understanding in the spirit of friendship, solidarity, and fair play - on creating everyday peace at home, in schools, in the workplace, and in communities in Canada and abroad. The invitation to “Make Your

Peace” calls on individuals to reflect and act on the Olympic Truce in their own unique way, resulting in a truce program that can be shared and “owned” by everyone.

As part of commemorating the Olympic Truce, it is the tradition for the Host Country to present a resolution at the United Nations

General Assembly calling for a truce during the Olympic Games. It is also tradition for the Organizing Committee to install a truce

“wall” in the athletes’ village. As an extension of these program elements, VANOC has a number of initiatives to maximize awareness and engagement in the Olympic Truce, with particular focus on youth.

To support our direct engagement with youth through the Vancouver 2010 Make Your Peace initiatives, VANOC is honoured to have

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada as the Patron of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic

Truce.

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