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Madam President, I warmly welcome this proposal steered by the Committee on Culture and Education and its Chairman, Mr Sifunakis, for an Olympic truce.
It is true that the Olympic Games have a long tradition going back to Ancient Greece, just as Mr Sifunakis described so well in his speech. It has also been part of that tradition that, during the Olympics, during those 16 days, there is an attempt to suspend all hostilities and allow nations to come together. Then nations have also showed, and I hope they will continue to do so, that they can live in peaceful coexistence. Sport is an excellent tool for this.
We would do well to remember that, unfortunately, we have not always been able to keep the peace during the Olympics. Europe is well aware of that black day in September 1972 when Palestinian terrorists struck in the Olympic village in Munich. In all, 16 people were killed, mainly Israelis. Let this serve as a warning that never again should such an incident occur in international sport and when sports events are taking place. On the contrary, sport, whose purpose it is to bring people together to compete in a spirit of fair play, should unite nations: this could be that source of wealth, that source of growth, which in the future we act to support.
It has to be said that sport is an excellent way of building a better world. Now, as we speak of an Olympic truce, the word truce would appear to mean some sort of temporary peace. Let it be our goal to achieve permanent peace between nations and countries, and let sport be instrumental in building this peace."@en1
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