Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-25-Speech-3-104"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Olympic truce2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040225.7.3-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-25-Speech-3-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Christa Prets2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are so many conflicts and trouble spots in the world at present – let us appeal to common sense and act instead to preserve life. This is the aim of the Olympic truce, an ancient and noble tradition dating back 3 000 years and which the International Olympic Committee has been trying to revive for the past decade. At a time of conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, the Pacific and the neighbouring regions, we need to send out a strong message supporting the truce and calling for dialogue and reconciliation both during and after the Olympic Games. In November 2003, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution to build a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal. Thousands of public figures from all over the world and from many different fields – politics and art to name but a few – went on to sign the Olympic truce. This is the European Year of Education through Sport, and in this context we can, and should, convey the fact that sport has a key role to play in the process. We should use the widespread publicity that the Olympic Games and the European Year of Education through Sport are receiving to convey a message of peace, to discuss conflict resolution and to emphasise the invaluable role played by sport in society. Finally, too, we should ask ourselves why the security measures for the Olympic Games and many other international sporting events are becoming stricter and stricter. In Athens, 50 000 people will be deployed to protect visitors to the Games and the 10 500 athletes taking part from 201 nations – an operation costing EUR 650 million. How can this be called a cultural and peaceful event when it has to be guarded around the clock? What message are we sending out here? This is why we are appealing to EU Member States and international institutions and calling for common sense and understanding and also why we, in the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, are putting this oral question to the Council. We want the EU and its Member States to shoulder this responsibility and take advantage of the common sense prevailing during, and hopefully after, the Olympic Games. It is my hope that the European Year of Education through Sport precedes a broader discussion in which we will think about how to resolve conflicts more peacefully while putting our weapons to one side and allowing the weapons of peace, represented by the Olympic ideal, to reign supreme."@en1

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