"The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause of all wars worldwide as they do every time the Olympics take place. It serves to set a moral baseline at a time when some researchers say there are more armed conflicts than ever before and Earth is at its closest to destruction."
"In ancient Greece, a truce was respected by warring city-states, allowing athletes and spectators to travel safely to Ancient Olympia for competitions and ceremonies of supreme athletic and spiritual significance. The Olympics were revived in their modern form in 1896. The truce's resurgence followed nearly a century later, in 1994, as war raged through the former Yugoslavia. The proposed timeout starts one week before the Winter Games open on Feb. 6 and runs until one week after the March 15 Paralympics' close."
"The Olympics were revived in their modern form in 1896. The truce's resurgence followed nearly a century later, in 1994, as war raged through the former Yugoslavia. The proposed timeout starts one week before the Winter Games open on Feb. 6 and runs until one week after the March 15 Paralympics' close. It is backed by a U.N. General Assembly resolution. But fighting that continued in Ukraine and elsewhere on Friday confirmed the truce's dismal record at 0-17."
A United Nations-backed Olympic truce calls for a seven-week worldwide pause of armed conflict surrounding the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The truce aims to set a moral baseline amid a reported increase in armed conflicts and heightened global risk. The practice traces to ancient Greece, when city-states respected truces to allow safe travel to Ancient Olympia. Modern Olympics began in 1896 and the truce was reintroduced in 1994 during the Yugoslav wars. The proposed pause would start one week before the Games and end one week after the Paralympics, though past observance has been uneven.
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