2. The Olympic Truce means a
peaceful period for athletes and
spectators to travel to and from the
Olympic Games safely.
The Olympic Truce allows athletes, artists and spectators to
travel to Olympia, to participate in peaceful competition, and
to return home in safety.

3. In Geneva, on the same day that the
Olympic Truce Resolution was adopted, UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Lord
Bates who is "walking for truce" from Mount
Olympus in Greece to London.
Ban Ki-moon praised Lord Bates for raising
awareness of the Truce and as highlighting
the fact that everyone has the possibility to
make a personal contribution to peace. Ban
Ki-moon said that he hoped that London
2012 would provide great momentum to
solving the many conflicts which face the
world.

4. The London Organising
Committee of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is
organising truce activities in the
UK including
Get Set for the Olympic Truce
which encourages young people
across the UK to learn about the
history of the Olympic Truce, to
debate and discuss what the
Olympic Truce means to their
lives and to undertake an
activity to promote peace within
their school or community.
Materials are being promoted to
over 20,000 schools registered
with Get Set.

5. The FCO with partners is promoting the
ideals of the Olympic Truce
internationally under the themes of:
Local solutions to local problems:
Preventing conflict and building peace
requires the involvement of the local
communities who are most affected. We
are looking for opportunities to work with
host governments, communities, faith
groups, civil society and the media to
build relationships across boundaries.

6. In 1992 the Olympic Truce helped
the athletes from the former
Republic of Yugoslavia to take
part in the Olympic Games in
Barcelona.
During 1994 the United Nations
and the IOC used the Olympic
Truce to cease fire in Bosnia for
the time of the Lillehammer
Olympics. The Bosnian
President agreed to cease fire in
In 1998 the Japanese winter
Sarajevo.
Olympic games coincided with the In 2000 North and South Korea
conflicts between the United showed respect for the Olympic
States and Iraq. The Japanese Truce in the Sydney games. The
athletes of the two countries
President and the IOC asked the
marched under one flag at the
United States to honour an
opening ceremony .
Olympic Truce.

7. Olympic 'Truce Wall': Promoting world p
The Truce Wall consists of two pillars
featuring Aboriginal artworks, one of
an orca whale and the other of a
raven, etched into stainless steel
panels. The pillars recreate the
Vancouver 2010 medal’s artwork in 3D
form and have three openings each in
the shape of the medal where light
can shine through. A replica
installation was simultaneously
In Athens in 2004.
unveiled at the Olympic Village in
Whistler.
Athletes, officials, personaliti
es, and visitors sign the walls
to support the idea of peace
and understanding through
sport. The Truce Wall is a
symbol of the Olympic Truce.
Since 2004 this tradition is
continued