Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-25-Speech-3-107"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Olympic truce2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040225.7.3-107"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-25-Speech-3-1082
lpv:speaker	lp:Theresa Zabell2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, sport is not just about performance, competitions and elite sportspeople; it is also about developing a sense of community and a common purpose; it is about humanity itself. Ladies and gentlemen, these are not my words. They are the words of the United Nations Organisation, the UN. I fully support them, however, and I also fully support the idea that this Parliament should back the Olympic truce. What does seem to me to be important is that sport should not be politicised. As far as possible, sport must be kept outside of politics and must serve as a tool for constructing, never for destroying. Sport must be a tool for promoting peace and understanding. With regard to the Olympic truce, we are not talking about anything new. There have been Olympic truces every two years, for the summer games and for the winter games, for many years, and at the end of last year the United Nations adopted a resolution urging its Member States to observe the Olympic truce. I am in favour of it, as is the Group of the European Peoples’ Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats. We do, however, want it to be a contribution from the world of sport to the rest of the world. We do not want any political party to try to gain electoral advantage or to try to politicise this issue. Ladies and gentlemen, in the real world there are conflicts and wars. In the world of sport there are games and competitions. In the real world there are armed forces. In the world of sport there are teams. In the real world there are laws. In the world of sport we swap them for rules of play. In the real world there are neutral parties. In the world of sport we have referees. And in the real world, regrettably, there are many deaths, and we want to help to preserve life by means of the world of sport, and this must be the world of sport’s contribution to society."@en1

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