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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the city of Turin has, on the occasion of the Olympic Games, promoted an initiative of international cooperation among cities in order to support and promote the Olympic truce. In Ancient Greece the Olympic truce signalled an interruption of hostilities: all the then known world came to a stop. On the occasion of the forthcoming Olympic Games, Turin has sent out a message of hope and peace, presenting itself as a sacred and safe city and supporting the Olympic truce even in modern times. Turin is trying, in fact, to make cities the protagonists in building peace between nations. As a great Italian, Giorgio La Pira, used to say: ‘Unite cities to unite nations’. The first initiative of the modern era dates from 1992 when, following a call from the International Olympic Committee, the athletes of the former Yugoslavia were allowed to take part in the Barcelona Games. On 3 November 2005 the United Nations General Assembly approved the resolution for the Olympic truce for Turin 2006, a resolution presented to Italy and signed by 190 nations. Today the Olympic Games are showing their true value. The truce is a call for peace that ignores all political persuasions and, as such, cannot be exploited by anyone in any circumstances ..."@en1
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