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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Boyce (Crossbench). It was answered on Wednesday, 15 December 2010.


Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: Olympic Truce

Question
My Lords, I am interested in the Minister’s answer to the original Question about whether the Government are looking for a continuance of previous UN resolutions on the Olympic Truce. What are the Government going to do to deliver some kind of tangible result rather than fine-sounding words, which is what has happened for the past 100 years?
Answer

As the noble and gallant Lord says, there have been a lot of fine-sounding words. It is quite difficult to look back for examples of what has happened in countries which have previously declared their support for the Olympic Truce but have found it difficult to achieve particular outcomes to demonstrate it. It is early days at the moment and we welcome ideas on how something positive can come out of our Olympic Games in 2012.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
723 c606 
Session
2010-12
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Peace UN resolutions Olympic Games 2012
Link
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