BEIJING--“Observe your commitment to this Olympic Truce,” International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach beseeched the international community at the opening ceremony of the 2022 ...

Time is running out on the so-called "Olympic political truce" declared by French President Emmanuel Macron in late July, pushing the country's rocky political landscape back into focus.

The main event of the ancient games was the pentathlon. The Olympic Truce was established in Ancient Greece with the signing of a treaty between three kings. The truce prohibited combat between ...

This appeal, inspired by the Olympic Truce, represents a powerful initiative from the COP29 Presidency, designed to foster peace, environmental preservation, and the global fight against climate ...

However, China called for a truce in armed conflicts around the world during the Games in support of a U.N. resolution urging observance of the Olympic Truce for Beijing 2022. Beijing should ...

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in ... Before the games began, messengers were sent out to announce a 'sacred truce' or a peace. This meant that any wars should be called off so ...

TASS/. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for observing the Olympic Truce during the upcoming Winter Games in Beijing. "With conflict spreading & tensions rising ...

UNITED NATIONS, November 21 /TASS/. The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution for the observance of the Olympic Truce for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024. The document was ...

The proposal echoed the aims of the Olympic Truce — a United Nations-backed modern renewal of the ancient Greek tradition during competitions, even though Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 ...

This appeal, inspired by the Olympic Truce, represents a powerful initiative from the COP29 Presidency, designed to foster peace, environmental preservation, and the global fight against climate ...