Accompanied by the president of International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bachhundreds of athletes representing 206 National Olympic Committee to participate in Games in Paris This Monday they called for peace four days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic event.
From Olympic Villagewearing scarves and flags with messages ‘Give peace a chance’many of the athletes who will participate in the Olympic Games, and also among the countries that are currently fighting or at war with each other, have shown the world a message of understanding.
“When our founder, Pierre de Coubertin, revived the Olympic Games 130 years ago, right here in Paris, seeing them as a way to promote peace among all nations and peoples of the world. He is a true ambassador of peace. Today, you, the Olympians, are the ambassadors of peace in our time,” said Thomas Bach.
“You Olympians will show us what our world would be like if we all lived in the same Olympic spirit of peaceful coexistence. They will fight fiercely and at the same time they will live peacefully under the same roof, here in the Olympic Village. You respect the same rules and, above all, you respect each other. In this way you are sending a resounding message of peace from Paris to the world,” added the IOC president.
Bach invited the athletes to extend their call for peace: “Please share this call for peace with all your followers, your family and friends at home. In this way, many voices will become one and this one voice will make its mark on the whole world. May this call inspire all political leaders in the world to act for peace,” Bach wished.
This action for peace took place one day after Pope Francisin his weekly speech from St. Peter’s Square in the Vaticanalso urged an Olympic truce taking advantage of the celebration of the Paris Games.
“According to the ancient tradition, I hope that the Olympic Games will be an opportunity to establish a truce in wars and show a sincere desire for peace,” said Pope Francis, citing current conflicts such as of the Ukraine, Loop either Myanmar. “Let us not forget that war is a defeat,” he concluded.
Last month, the final communiqué from the meeting of the leaders of Group of Seven (G7) celebrated in Italy It also included a united call for a ceasefire in world conflicts during the Olympic Games.
Source: La Verdad
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