TRAVEL, TOURISM AND CULTURE
Guided by the Olympic Agenda reforms, the Olympic Games are serving to advance the Sustainable Development Goals by promoting peace, greater solidarity within and among societies, and partnering to make the world a better place through sport Let the games begin
U nder Italy’s presidency, G7 leaders will address a range of challenges, including climate change, the too many wars and conflicts plaguing our world, and artificial intelligence. These and the many other global challenges on the G7 agenda are too complex for any one country or organisation to solve on its own. Humankind will only find global solutions if we come together, united by a shared vision and common principles and rules. The Olympic Games can contribute to making this vision a reality – because the Olympic Games is the only event that brings the entire world together in peaceful competition. Olympic athletes send the powerful message that it is indeed possible to compete fiercely against each other and at the same time live peacefully together under one roof.
WE ARE ALL EQUAL The Olympic Games can only make this
By Thomas Bach, president, International Olympics Committee
contribution to a more peaceful world through a fundamental commitment to universality and solidarity. This is why the International Olympics Committee supports all the athletes from all 206 National Olympic Committees and the athletes from the IOC Refugee Olympic Team. Solidarity for us means that in the Olympic Games there is no ‘global south’ or ‘global north’. At the Olympic Games, we are all equal. But promoting peace is also about improving the lives of people. Here, sport can make a difference: sport is a low-cost, high-impact tool to support all countries to build a more peaceful, more equal and sustainable world for everyone.
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