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Year II - n. 3 February 27th 2005 Together, we can get her INDEX Olympic Truce: the proposal for the UN Resolution starts from Youth The Resolution p. 2 Less than one year before the XX Olympic Art and the Truce p. 3 Winter Games, there is Communication p. 3 becoming apparent a growing sensitivity Next Steps p. 4 amongst the youth towards Volunteers p. 6 U.N. resolutions to observe the Olympic Truce. Paralympic Games p. 7 This became evident in the Olympic Truce Environment p. 7 Resolution Meeting, organized by PeaceWaves Participants p. 8 from 23rd to 27th February 2005 in Turin and Pracatinat, with the aim at leading up to a proposal of UN Resolution to be proposed for the Winter Olympic Games in Torino 2006. The forum, that Truce while the Games take Proposal for the UN Resolution for the involved more than 50 place. Olympic Truce durino Torino 2006 young people, has been Dimitra Petanidou, from financed by the Council of the Greek delegation Considering the art. 1 of the Resolution of the Gene- Europe and realized in organized by Poein Kai ral Assembly of the UN regarding the observance of partnership with IRRE Prattein, emphasized the the Olympic Truce during the winter and summer Piemonte, FIAT, Poein Kai fact that she was hearing Olympic Games - A/RES/48/11, 1993: Prattein and the support of two voices, the one saying the Italian Republic “yes, the Games are “The General Assembly of United Nations Presidency. fantastic, they bring people commends the International Olympic Committee, the International Sports Federations Indeed the youth wishes together and this in daily and the National Olympic Committees that the Olympic Truce life”, but when listening to for their efforts to mobilize the youth does not remain only as a what people from of the world in the cause of peace” dream, but that this dream , Palestine or is rooted in reality. A lot Cyprus report, then she The young participants of the Olympic Truce Resolu- tion Meeting promote a proposal for the UN Resolu- depends, they conceded, feels it cannot be that she tion for the observance of the Olympic Truce during on how the city hosting the enjoys herself while at the the Winter Olympic Games of Torino 2006. Games faces this task of same time others have to at page 2 upholding the Olympic fear for their lives.

Let’s communicate the Truce A group of participants focused its work on how to make aware the young people, the civil society and the Institutions, through Volunteers, media, internet and Olympic Truce promotional actions ambassadors article at page 3 article at page 6

A painting for the Olympic Truce

A group of participants An opportunity for all realized, after some workshops, a Kids’ Guernica The Olympic Games are not just a mere sport Painting representing the event. The Olympic Truce support international themes of ethics in sport, The Paralympic peace, social justice and fight campaigns for Human Rights, Peace and against Movement Child Labour exploitation. against child labour. articles at page 5 article at page 3 Artiche at page 7 2 OLYMPIC TRUCE RESOLUTION MEETING Diamoci Tregua The Youth proposal for the Olympic Truce Peace, Human Rights, Sustainable Development and Education for a participated and shared Resolution

(from the first page) greater equality between The resolution is Our proposal for the Resolution The participants in the the Olympic and carried by the many Olympic Truce Paralympic Games while youths who gathered in Resolution Meeting envisioning a Youth Pracatinat to make their suggested the solution of Camp to be held during voices and opinions be The General Assembly: the dilemma by the Winter Olympic heard on what they feel organizing their Games. Such a camp as being important for 1. Urges Member States to observe the Olympic discussion at first in would ensure a the Games to retain Truce during the XX Olympic Winter Games, three working groups: monitoring from below of credibility. It includes which will be held in Turin, 10th - 26th Human Rights, Fair Play possible violations of the demand that the IOC February 2006 and the Paralympic Games, which (including the issue of Human Rights while the imposes as criteria for will be held in Turin, 10th - 19th March 2006, the doping) and Sustainable Games were going on. the selection of future vision of which is the stop of all ongoing conflicts. Development. The youth underlines cities which shall host This will be achieved by non-violent settlement of Guided by what also the importance that the Games an action conflicts and reopening dialog channels among already experts such as athletes sign a written plan demonstrating a communities and cultures through youth Maria Gabriella Lay, from agreement not to be commitment to fair participation in democratic processes using sport, the International Labour engaged in doping to games, a stronger link art and education as universal means of cohesion Organization, had to say enhance their between Olympic and to further Human Sustainable Development. about the need to performances and if so Paralympic Games and eliminate Child Labour, to agree to an extensive an eco efficiency to 2. Calls upon all Member States to facilitate the or Dario Fabbro about rehabilitation program. ensure that the Games equalisation of the Paralympic Games with the the importance of the At the same time, they are a way to reach Olympic Games so that the Paralympic athletes Paralympic Games, they favour a public debate Sustainable have equal rights while the Olympic Truce period merged the three with the athletes about Development. is extended to include the Paralympics. thematic approaches in Olympic values and the Hatto Fischer one resolution. It observance of the Coordinator of 3. Requests the International Olympic Committee demands above all a Olympic Truce. POIEIN KAI PRATTEIN to cooperate with the accredited UN Agencies and the UN Commissioner for Human Rights for the THE OLYMPIC TRUCE YOUTH MOVEMENTS FOR PEACE monitoring of universal human rights standards and their possible violations during the Olympic Olympic Truce is an event, maybe the only compares about big and Paralympic Games, and that already passed opportunity that men one, with a positive and issues to join the focus and future resolutions are fully enacted upon. has the right and the really universal value of a proposal, even duty not to let leave. that man is still realizing. small, to contribute to 4. Asks the UNESCO agency to make the concept Since 1996 I’m Olympic Games move into a better of the Olympic Truce and of the games be a part personally involved in represents this big world. of the World’s Common Heritage. possible development of moment that every two The success in this Olympic Truce, and even years burst into world project for Turin 2006 5. Requests the commitment of the candidate for PeaceWaves, since its community’s lives letting would be a distinctive cities to an Olympic Truce Action Plan including birth on 2001, it became us feeling as world sign, marking the social, economic, environmental and cultural a core interest, so citizens, able to choose if beginning of a new era development measures to be used as criteria for important to be included we want to be passive for Games and Olympic evaluation by the International Olympic in its own statute. spectators or active Truce. Committee during the selection process. Olympic Truce is for us actors. The young participants a challenge for sport and Cities and local bodies of the Olympic Truce 6. Requests Member States to promote Olympic an opportunity for peace are protagonist of the Resolution Meeting met Truce actions for the implementation of the as creative and non Games, as they mainly to realize what Millennium Development Goals and support the violent solution of determine the success recommended by the campaigns against child labour. conflicts. We believe that and the life; first Resolution for 7. Welcomes the organisation of an Olympic governance is a process intergenerational, Olympic Truce: the Truce Youth Camp to be held in the host city of becoming more and intercultural, multiethnic mobilisation of world the Summer and Winter Games; and that the more “glocal” and and multi-religious youth for peace. Youth Camp, from now on, during the Olympic complex, and that’s why dimensions are other These youngsters fight, and Paralympic Games, will deal with issues such more people involved in elements pushing us to with all of us, for an as Sustainable Development, Human Rights, it are a need. work for a common alternative to the Youth policies in order to increase the awareness Anthony Gyddens Olympic Truce for every recognised model, where of the Olympic Truce. define the globalization man and woman of the the law of consumption as “the intensification of new millennium. and not-reasoning 8. Urges member states to promote the Olympic social global The instrument we seems to prevail in Truce spirit and ideals among children and youth relationships linking very chose is bearing upon people’s minds. during their compulsory education by organizing far localities, giving the processes that influence We are neither few artistic events, cultural activities and public possibility to model local the government of the people nor just debates with athletes and other functionaries events from similes held hosting city while dreamers. We knew each about Olympic values and fair play. kilometres away and vice presenting a resolution other a little more in this versa”. We think that to United Nations. occasion and if we work 9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of Truce could be one of According to our together the world we its sixty-second Session the item entitled these events, and we philosophy, we need this wish could be really “Building a peaceful and better world through have the will, the wish process to be closer. sport and the Olympic ideal” and to consider this and the passion to try, transformed in a bigger item before the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing, starting from below, to public one where every Marco Braghero China, in the year 2008. re-appropriate of an social civil force PeaceWaves President Diamoci Tregua OLYMPIC TRUCE RESOLUTION MEETING 3 Sport, Peace and fight against Child Labour in a Kids’ Guernica painting for the Truce The participants, most of they will then use and son about various draws, them coming from “We carry out these knowle- the three thematic cores are the future project”, dge in the activities of of the canvas have been have been busy in the WAF centres in their own decided: sport ethic, realisation of a canvas countries. sport for peace and so- representing Olympic The elaboration started cial justice, fight against Truce, connected to with a short general di- child labour. sport ethic and to child scussion, at the end of At this point the group labour. which the group chose split in three further su- The coordinators of the the realisation, by every bgroups (one for each group trained the partici- member, of one or more issue), with three drafts pants on the process of drafts about proposed from which the finals “Kids’ Guernica – peace issues. After this begin- came. painted by children”; ning step and a compari- So, after a long and complex comparison the draw to be painted has been selected. The group elaborated it adding so- reprised the various ele- cularly for more general me details from other ments of previews works elements. drafts, to pass then at about peace connected The canvas, presented the step of real panting to sport, while outside during the closing confe- on the canvas (sized 3,5 the group they decided rence of the meeting, x 7,8 m. same as the to represent those ones will be part of the Kids’ famous Picasso’s connected to child la- Guernica Europe collec- “Guernica”). bour. tion; a photo gallery on This phase started with After the final drawing of the website dedicated to the elaboration of the the subject they under- Olympic Truce Resolu- frame, thought as a but- took an articulate discus- tion Meeting. terfly. Inside her wings sion about the choice of the group’s members colours to be used, parti- Silvia Faletto

Actions, articles, radio and a slogan: how to communicate Olympic Truce A group of participants in work groups. a special section to be the Olympic Truce The first one, working on introduced in the Resolution Meeting the communication Olympic Truce website, focused on the objective campaign, has already on line of thinking about an underlined the target to (www.olympictruce.peac effective communication strike: youth, civil ewaves.org), with the campaign for Olympic society and local bodies. creation of a forum. Truce and promotional Regarding youth the As for civil society the actions for its values. group thought to write a group foresee a After a complex newspaper article to be journalistic article too, brainstorming they sent to most read this time applying even decided to split in two magazines even creating to national newspapers and not only to youth ones. Thanks to the experience analysis of the matter a camp in Pracatinat. of some Greek the group members Group members planned participants they thought pointed out five main various activities with to develop the project of way to promote: Youth the aim of promoting the a web radio, focusing Camp, art exhibition, art Truce, using a specific overall on the creation of forms different from choice-criteria about the a jingle and of the painting, network and proposals. slogan “The Olympic fund raising. At the end both the Truce: together we can They discussed them groups developed get her”. and chose to analyse various processes Third point is about local more deeply fund raising through discussion and bodies: in this field they and youth camp (as we listening of every wrote a letter to apply to proposed in the proposal, with the institutions to awaken resolution draft). About common principle that and to find sponsorships the first one they from a little idea can rise for the project. underlined every a new effective proposal, The other part of the possible field of action, applicable even on large group analysed possible while talking about the scale. actions for Olympic second they planned a Truce. After a fast theorical programme for Silvia Faletto 4 OLYMPIC TRUCE RESOLUTION MEETING Diamoci Tregua A challenge for sport, an opportunity for Peace Olympic Games represent a great tool to make Millennium Goals come into sight passive, violence do not solve the troubles but create alibi in order not to solve them. Today we are here and we have to contribute to solve some problem. Many of you are young and are impatient to find solution and tired of being betrayed. We can’t obtain everything immediately nor give up the fight, we Why the Olympic Truce do not have to believe in is a chance for peace anybody who wants to and a challenge for give us alibi not to fight. sport? We all have to keep the Because the Olympic hope alive and believe Games are an Universal that nowadays peace Event, and the media dreams will become a are really attracted by certainty. All this can’t society, instead of the defeat. If we want peace situations. Our aim is to them; because Olympic be realized without UN Resolution, can use we must not miss a carry out peace, social Truce and the Games struggling. We all know other tools such as chance: Olympic Truce is justice and non violent represent a great tool to that the Resolution is a appeals and campaigns one of them. Until conflict settlement make that millennium weak International Right focused on specific nowadays all the processes as soon as goals come into sight tool but we also know goals. You can see the resolutions have been possible. We have to be and to force the that we have in our difference between the built from above, often strong, self confident, governments to adopt hands the opportunity to appeal and the silly and stereotyped fearless, without any new solutions. transform a weak tool Resolution in the way of thus not carried out. We excuse and we must face What could we do? into something stronger. expressing concepts. If can contribute to change the troubles. No excuse Many people say that We can do it by we asked the same this. We are the first for 2006 Olympic Truce. nothing is going to everybody’s commitment purposes to the generation that can As I learned from you: change, many want us using the pressure of government or the UN eradicate the war and Together we can get her. to believe that it is civil society to influence assembly we would get a we risk to miss this impossible to transform the local and global refusal and a defeat; opportunity if our our world. I have learnt governance processes. while today peace and behavior is indifferent or Marco Braghero that indifference, being As a matter of fact civil we need victories, not too focused on particular PeaceWaves President

“from the below”… till an effective Olympic Truce The process that will carry our proposal of Resolution to the United Nations General Assembly

The drafting process of For the very first time, the Resolution for the the text which will be observance of the discussed at that time Olympic Truce for the represents the Turin 2006 Winter opportunity of being a Games has not yet taken participated document off from the Institutions which will contain all the Airport; but it did from Civil Society, local and the Civil Society train international Institutions station. points of view. We are at People coming from all a turning point. The over the World, with Resolution can be a different cultures, driver for Change or it voices, experiences and might just be an attitudes did start a announcement of empty process from the below Many of them, such as of the Resolution in during its 60th General words. Sharing thoughts, which will lead to an the Italian Presidency of order to start a really Assembly which will be proposals and actions official proposal from the Republic, the participated process for held from September to connected to the themes PeaceWaves ONLUS and Presidency of the Italian the drafting of the December 2005. which will be included its partners for this Chamber of Deputies as official UN Resolution for The Resolution will be into the Resolution, will initiative. well as international the observance of the presented for the give the Civil Society and This really important Institutions like the Olympic Truce during the discussion during the Institutions the document will be Olympic Truce Turin 2006 Games. General Assembly works opportunity of acting as presented to local, Foundation, recommend- As we all know, this by the Italian main characters for real regional, national and ed the organizers to Resolution will be voted representative to the Peace Actions. international Institutions. send them the final text by the United Nations Assembly. Daniele Rosa Diamoci Tregua OLYMPIC TRUCE RESOLUTION MEETING 5 Olympic Truce, an occasion for development The Olympic Truce sustain iternational campaign for Sustainable Development and Children’s Rights 8 development goals for 2015… and there are no excuses

During the Millennium it’s a campaign to put only the respect of a Summit, on September pressure on leaders from formal agreement 2000, 189 between every country in order to approved by countries; Prime Ministers and oblige them to respect it’s a way to confirm Chief of States signed an the engagement the once again the concepts planetary agreement took to support of equity and solidarity about crucial objectives Millennium Development sustaining modern for the development of Objectives. society (as they are poorest areas, such as, This campaign has supposed to do). for example, the been officially presented This campaign it’s elimination of extreme in on 17th January strictly connected to the Millennium Development Goals poverty and hunger, the 2005, when even its Olympic Truce, not only 1. complete elimination of main aim has been because in both the 2. to halve extreme poverty and hunger in poorest areas gender disparity and the clarified; they explained United Nations play a of the world free access to education how this is a historical key-role, but because for everybody. These evolution, as for the first both promote Education 3. to join a universal primar education (a big footstep on development objectives time countries got every and Human Rights. in this way has been made by India, that foresee to will have to be reached, economic, technical and That’s also the reason join 95% of children in primary school within 2005) as the agreement says, financial means to fight why we focus the fifth 4. to promote a complete equality between men and wo- within 2015. poverty and decline. It’s point of our Resolution The summit underlined in this way clear how the for Olympic Truce on the men. In several countries, in fact, woman hasn’t the also that, to achieve the best instrument for an real implementation of same rights of a male. fixed destination, a new effective declaration of Millennium Goals and on 5. to reduce child mortality of two thirds development model is Rights for everybody the way Olympic Games 6. to reduce childbirth mortality of three quarts. needed, looking at living in such bad will represent an people, instead of conditions is a effective instrument to 7. to reduce evidently the spread of diseases such as community, as its core. cooperative politic. enlarge awareness for malaria and aids. Following this The achievement of the above mentioned 8. to carry out a sustainable development either for envi- explication of aims, “no the goals within foreseen campaign. ronment or for people excuse 2015” was born; deadlines represents not Silvia Faletto

Against Child Labour We are the future to let people know correct We Are in municipalities of six pilot information about the question, the cities (, Asmara, as one of the common thoughts, Future , , and just to mention, is that child (WAF) is Nablus, not to mention the labour is a matter of less a world- starting of implementation for developed or poor countries. wide Rishon Le’ Zion too), where “Supporting Children’s Rights Child labour is unfortunately in effort more than 100 youth, aged through Education, the Arts and every continent, supported designed 16 to 20, will be trained to the Media “ (SCREAM) is a many times by the behaviour of to assist work with over 1000 children project presented by ILO/IPEC people from rich countries (as children in these areas. (International Labour for prostitution, for example). in conflict and post-conflict The WAF initiative is carried Organisation – International SCREAM involves global areas. In such difficult out by the Glocal Forum (an Programme on the Elimination of citizenship trying to open our conditions, in fact, the basic NGO based in Rome focused Child Labour), carried out along eyes on a world situation we can needs of children are ignored, on city to city relations) and with PeaceWaves ONLUS. change only by knowing it and and that’s why the project is the Quincy Jones Listen Up SCREAM aims to spread by engaging ourselves to work addressing them through Foundation (non-profit knowledge about the cruel on it. programs in health, nutrition organisation with the goal of reality of children exploitation, The first steps we are carrying and education, using providing all children with an paying particular attention to out are involving several schools information technology, equal opportunity to grow to worst forms of child labour, such in Rome and Caserta (South sports and arts. their full potential), with the as mining, prostitution, soldier Italy); teachers and students WAF is about enhancing support of World Bank, which children and so on. are studying the methodology development and is the world’s premier The innovative side of this and the project to be active peacebuilding activities to development agency. initiative is represented by the actors of this reality, using help in healing physical and We are the future was methodology: as fast and instruments like art, drama, psychological wounds; do not announced on 24th May effective ways to inflame creative writing, collage, etc… forget, regarding this point, 2003, and officially launched dialogue and exchange, SCREAM They are helped by the first that million of children have at the Third Annual uses overall arts and media to group of young staff trained to died or have been injured or Glocalization Conference on spread awareness between begin the process, as in the best disabled as a consequence of 16th – 17th May 2004 in citizens. tradition of youth to youth conflict and war. Rome, with the collaboration Starting a youth to youth education. The core of this programme is of the Comune di Roma. process is one of the best ways Manuela Pozzoli the creation of child centres Manuela Pozzoli 6 OLYMPIC TRUCE RESOLUTION MEETING Diamoci Tregua Volunteers, the ambassadors of Olympic values One year far from Turin 2006, an analysis on major actors of Olympic Games with Gianfranco Cameli There’s no doubt about the volunteers is a proof the fact that Games, as of the Olympic value that every other international the Truce promotes. sport event, cannot be The Olympic Games organised without the express, more of any support of volunteers: other event, the their presence is internationality of absolutely necessary. sports. Can a central Volunteers, moreover, figure as the athlete add to the become a testimonial professionalism of for the Olympic Truce? Organising Committee Often athletes, an enthusiasm and a moreover in individual motivation that influence sports, are very and involve the whole individualistic, and don’t hosting city. realize themselves on Gianfranco Cameli has Can the volunteers be the importance of the been CIO responsible for ambassador of the role that they are called volunteers of the Olympic Truce values? to hold. Volunteers can Olympic Village and NOC In this moment I’ve in help them to Assistants during my eyes the image of acknowledge of their Olympic Games of the last Olympic Games important function, Sydney 2000 and in Athens: at any time of making them more return of the Games in a Games, is the 2004. His contributions the day and the night, sensitive about social big town, after a series fragmentation and the allowed the participants wherever in the city, it questions and promoters of editions that took distance between the in the Olympic Truce was possible to see the of the values of sports. place in small towns different venues: the Resolution Meeting to Olympic volunteers Less than one year over the mountains. This fields of play will be both deepen many aspects working, distinguished from Torino 2006, represent an advantage in the city and on the linked to the orga- by their uniforms. The which are in your in terms of volunteers mountains; also athletes nization of a global event inhabitants and all the opinion the strengths recruitment, logistics will stay in three like Olympic Games. tourists could see that and weaknesses of and accommodation. different Olympic How much important there were people that the next Winter The disadvantage of Villages, tripling, for are the volunteers in a did their best for that Olympic Games? the Games of Turin example, logistical sport event like the event, without asking for The most important 2006, as happens in all problmes. Olympic Games? any reward. The work of positive aspect is the the Olympic Winter Silvia Faletto To create and to do: towards a new awareness From Athens 2004, the impressions of the Olympic volunteers and Poein kai prattein Society The thinking up and the and human beings. levels, in the Olympic interact with people from celebrating. The real action, the realisation of In this scenery Games of Athens 2004. different cultures and Olympic spirit was in the needs and ideas: this is Olympic Truce has a Each of them has in countries? air, even for those who what “Poiein kai place of honour, not only fact a personal thought It’s a matter of fact didn’t believe firstly. prattein” is about, and represented by the about this event, as they that this is not Maybe the way to turn the archaic Greek way to cooperation with represent both the everybody’s thought; if the romantic idea in a say it doesn’t change the PeaceWaves ONLUS for enthusiastic face of we need a specific reality is to prove it, to basic meaning. the Olympic Truce citizens and the sceptical meeting to talk about it put yourself in the This non profit urban Meeting, but also by the one, both the pros and we are far away from situation, living it in your society, as it recognize web publications the cons of such big the complete knowledge all day life. Olympic itself, has the goal of connected to “Poets manifestations. and awareness. Games could be really a keeping together these against the war”, the Vangelis, particularly, It’s important in this bridge for peace and two connected aspects of group of international told us about his need of way what Dimitra told us reconciliation amongst social action, paying poets led by Sam Hamill. being an active part of a about the change of her all nations in the world, particular attention to One of the most multicultural and global thoughts about Olympic by connecting people the influence of culture important contributions meeting, to prove to Games, as she was one with a common spirit. and planning. we can remember about himself how a of those sceptic citizens Sport and art, as As the aim of the this project, as the professional can be thinking about the event usual, can be used as association is to increase coordinator of Poiein kai important as volunteer; without understanding preferential means of awareness in processes prattein Hatto Fischer he testified the idea of completely its influence dialogue and to let them have a big told us, was a poem some people considering on normal life. The participation, giving us influence on people’s from destroyed Olympic Truce a Games have been a the possibility to join lives, planning is the , testifying not “romantic” idea. We ask huge reality and during people very far away to anticipation of changing only visible ourselves: if it was so August Athens was the spread cultures and without blocking future consequences of the war normal in the ancient capital of civilization with traditions, but also a developments. The but also invisible ones. Greece to “act” the thousand of visitors; she common perception importance of culture The Greek delegation Truce, in centuries of realised that at the end about relationships instead doesn’t need to has, however, another adoration of war as a of your day, no matter between human beings. be explained, overall if additional value, as all of god, why it is so difficult how tired you were, you we think about it as the them have been today, with all the didn’t want to go home, way of perceiving things involved, at different possibilities we have to because all the city was Manuela Pozzoli Diamoci Tregua OLYMPIC TRUCE RESOLUTION MEETING 7 Paralympic Games, nothing less than the Olympics The Paralympic Movement is everyday stronger. Next target, equality with the five circles The first conference of Summer Games the the meeting ended with venues are near, so this the significant speech of is an advantage for the Doctor Dario Fabbro, public. representative of the Inside Winter Organizing Committee of Paralympic Games we IX Paralympics Winter can find four different Games, that will take disciplines: Nordic and place in Turin in March alpine ski, sledge hokey, 2006. The Paralympic wheelchair curling. In Games was born in Turin these disciplines 1948, thanks to the will have a different activity of doctor place of competition Guttmann. Treating the each and overall, the injured of the Second trails used will be the World War, overall same of the Olympic paraplegic people, he Games. This is a noticed how the fundamental aspect possibility to create and added, until Summer been created, to replace to see the competitions, because allows to to be involved in Games of Athens have the International in facts, are really more recognize more physical activities, was been the second sport Coordinator Committee economical and this is importance to a font of great motivation. event in the world (17 born in 1982, before Los one of the main reasons movement in strong For these reasons he sports, 160 nations). Angeles Olympic Games. why in Athens, for the ascent: giving to not introduced sport in his The word Paralympic Nowadays IPC counts Paralympic Games 2004, able athletes the rehabilitative processes (born etymologically 155 member countries, were sold more than possibility of competing and he started to from the union of “para”, represented by five 400000 tickets only to on the same trails of organize games for his parallel in ancient Greek, organizations: CP-ISRA, students of schools. normal ones, with the patients. and “Olympic”) is the IBSA, INAS-FID, It’s for sure same level of difficulty, The first Paralympic official name of the ISMWSF, ISOD. complicated to compare recognize them the Games have been event since 1988 and it A strength of the Winter Games with same abilities and organized in Rome in is the guide of a series of Paralimpic Games is Summer ones, for such capacities, allowing them 1960, while the first Games held in parallel offering the possibility to different reasons: the to feel part of the Winter Games came in with traditional Olympic attend a sport event on competition spaces, for Olympic Spirit and not light only sixteen years Games. the same level of the example, regarding only an appendix of the later, in 1976. During In 1989 the Olympic Games, but with Winter Games are often five circles event. the years many new Paralympic International more accessible cost for far, to the mountain and disciplines have been Committee (IPC) has the great public. Tickets to the city, while in the Sebastiano Mana

Will Torino 2006 be the “Olympiad of the environment”? Environmental impact and chances for territory: which will be the best solution?

For the first conference problems for its evaluation of the of the Olympic Truce development. environmental impact, Resolution Meeting Moreover, other consulting all the social program, professor De resorts will arrive from actors involved. Leonardis, researcher of the tourism, that will Anyway there are still the OMERO group benefit of the big some problems and (Olympics and Mega advertisement that The worries, both in the Events Research Olympic Games will town and in the other Observatory), has guarantee. parts of the Olympic spoken about the The Olympic legacy territory. Olympic Winter Games, must be distinguished In Turin, even if will about the legacy that between the material be restored many they will leave and about and the immaterial one. humble areas, it’s also the opportunities that The first will boost the true that the building offer at the Olympic building of new sites spread all over city thinks that the result of raising for the tourist territory The professor structures. The cause many problems for these Olympic Winter image of the territory, has underlined how the immaterial legacy, the road practicability. In Games will be positive, above all at the Winter Games will boost instead, reflect in the the Olympic territory, because the international level. The the construction of new (rare) capacity of instead, the situation environment can count TOROC (the Organizing infrastructures, that will organize a global event, bring about more on an higher monitoring Committee), moreover, be used also after the and, at the same time, worries, above all for the and the introduction of has formally adhere on Olympic Event, and will the strategic evaluation bobsleigh and ski-jump new practices for the the indications of the guarantee the arrive of of the territory. Before structure, where the environmental Kyoto protocol, extraordinary financial the planning of any environmental impact is guardianship. expressing the intent of resources that will allow structure, indeed, the considerable. Even Moreover, the new making Turin 2006 a the town to resolve Organizing Committee though these problems, structures could “Carbon Free” Olympiad. some important has made a complex professor De Leonardis represent a source of Silvia Faletto 8 OLYMPIC TRUCE RESOLUTION MEETING Diamoci Tregua

The meeting is a big promise for the I think that the meeting was really good I think that this has been an useful future in the World, for peace. A lot of and it has given me a lot of information meeting, because it helps to establish young people are involved actively, and that may help me to have a new vision relationships with many people from all this is really positive. The plan is such of me and other people. (Masri, over the world, and this is a starting great. (Emine, Cyprus) Palestine) point for peace. (Fabrizio, Italy)

The meeting was a great opportunity to This meeting is good because it brings express our arguments and our doubts about all the ideas from people representing the Olympic Truce. The theoretic aspects were the continents and I think it is a way to clear and rich of infor-mation. We need to see reach peace. I’d like it would be more actions, we have to put these ideas in our daily life. (Marilena, Greece) intensive. (Jospeh, )

The Olympic Truce could influence the It’s hard to realize a meeting like this one. process of peace and social justice in I have appreciated your efforts. The my country by easy way because our enthusiasm of the organizers made this country need what the Olympic Truce meeting possible. Overall some problems, promotes. (Rahman Fazli, Afghanistan) it has been a good meeting. (Arim, Mexico)

I think that the Olympic Truce isn’t so A strength of the social meeting was common in my country, but spreading that there were people from all over the the knowledge about it may encourage world, but I think that the organization organizations to act in favour of peace had to use more energetic methods and social justrice. (Karolina, Poland) (Chen, Israel)

Peace is not a problem in my country, The meeting was good organized, A positive element was that there where but I think that this Resolution could be people were friendly and there wasn’t people from all around the world, and a useful to keep peace at the international competition between groups. (Thomas, great environment of the arguments. level. This meeting has improved my Greece) (Anna, Czeh republic) interesting about social problems. (David, Spain)

Follow the Olympic Truce Resolution Meeting on the web www.olympictruce.peacewaves.org One year ago, during the National Seminar “Diamoci Tregua” was officially presented the website of the PeaceWaves Network dedicated to the Olympic Truce project. Diamoci Tregua Twelve months later, INTERNATIONAL* the site renews himself, newspaper dedicated to thanks to the updating the Olympic Truce project of the documents, links year II - n. 3 and multimedia February 27th 2005 resources. For reflect the Responsible Director internationality of the Marco Braghero

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