{"id":132670,"date":"2024-07-29T09:57:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/un-urges-peace-and-respect-for-olympic-truce-as-paris-summer-games-begin\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T06:57:19","slug":"un-urges-peace-and-respect-for-olympic-truce-as-paris-summer-games-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/un-urges-peace-and-respect-for-olympic-truce-as-paris-summer-games-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"UN urges peace and respect for Olympic Truce as Paris Summer Games begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132670\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nAs the Summer Olympics and Paralympics get underway in Paris on Friday, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres called for global respect of the Olympic Truce \u2013 a custom of halting all hostilities from before to after the Games. In November, the UN General Assembly adopted a vote to observe the truce in Paris. \u201cIn a moment like this, it&#8217;s important to say that the first recorded in history real peace initiative was the Olympic Truce,\u201d Mr. Guterres said during a press encounter in the French capital alongside International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. \u201cAnd so, in a moment in which the Olympic Games are going to start, it&#8217;s time to remind the world of the importance of the Olympic Truce and to make the world understand that we must silence the guns,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The UN chief noted many points of existing conflict across the globe including in Gaza, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and more. He said the Olympic Games symbolise \u201ccooperation and loyal competition, instead of division and conflict\u201d. Therefore, he encouraged countries to foster unity the way athletes are during these games. Mr. Guterres is set to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees encouraged everyone across the globe to promote \u201cpeaceful co-existence and mutual respect\u201d as the refugee team competing in the Games is doing.\u00a0\u201cSport is a symbol of hope and of peace, which are sadly in short supply in our world today,\u201d The High Commissioner, Filippo Grandi, said. \u201cThe refugee team is a beacon for people everywhere. These athletes show what can be achieved when talent is recognised and developed, and when people have opportunities to train and compete alongside the best. They are nothing short of an inspiration,\u201d he added. This year\u2019s squad consists of 37 athletes \u2013 the largest since the 2016 Rio Games when refugee teams first debuted.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the IOC announced that Mr. Grandi would be the third recipient of the Olympic Laurel, an award created to \u201chonour outstanding individuals for their achievements in education, culture, development and peace through sport.\u201d He will receive this award during the Olympic opening ceremony. UN Women is recognising the 2024 Olympic Games as the first time in history where an equal number of male and female athletes are competing. \u201cThis 50:50 representation of athletes makes the Summer Games the first to reach gender equality,\u201d UN women said.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said the Paris Games are set to ensure a more balanced coverage of the sports events, creating a \u201cspotlight\u201d for all athletes. However, UN Women recognises that many gender gaps remain in sporting events and says that progress does not stop with balanced gender competitors at the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/07\/1152541\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/un-urges-peace-and-respect-for-olympic-truce-as-paris-summer-games-begin\/\">UN urges peace and respect for Olympic Truce as Paris Summer Games begin<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[4958,15475,15476,402,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-132670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-paris","tag-peace-and-respect","tag-summer-games","tag-un","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}