House of Lords written question – answered at on 21 July 2010.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives they took in response to signing United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/4 of 31 October 2007 about observing the Olympic Truce and promoting "peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the Olympic Games period".
To ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives they took in response to signing United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/8 of 3 November 2005 about observing the Olympic Truce and promoting "peace during and beyond the Olympic Games period".
To ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives they took in response to signing United Nations General Assembly Resolution 58/6 of 3 November 2003 about observing the Olympic Truce and promoting "peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict during and beyond the Olympic Games period".
To ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives they took in response to signing United Nations General Assembly Resolution 56/75 of 11 December 2001 about observing the Olympic Truce.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives they took in response to signing United Nations General Assembly Resolution 54/34 of 24 November 1999 about observing the Olympic Truce and promoting "peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict, beyond the Olympic Games period".
To ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives they took in response to signing United Nations General Assembly Resolution 52/21 of 25 November 1997 about observing the Olympic Truce.
The resolutions that the noble Lord refers to were tabled, in the UN General Assembly, by the respective host country in advance of their Games. The Government fully support the work of the United Nations and specifically supported these resolutions to demonstrate our support for the ambitions of the respective host countries. While each resolution reflects the specific ambitions of the individual host country, they represent a consistent ideal, "to use sport to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation in areas of conflict". The Government believe that the benefits of sport can have a positive influence on both individuals and nations and we support the promotion of this positive message.
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