2. Contents
• Map
• Truce
• Olympic Truce
• Goals of the Olympic Truce
• Logo of the Truce
• Initiatives
• Ancient Olympics
• UN’s Support
• Acknowledgements

3. LONDON

4. What is Truce?
• The word ‘TRUCE’ itself means that there is an
agreement between two enemies for a short
period of time
• So, the ‘OLYMPIC TRUCE’ means that all the
countries agree to participate with a true
sportsmen spirit and harmony in the games.
• The rule is that they are supposed to maintain
peace from the beginning of the Olympics till
the 7th day of the ending of the Olympics

5. Olympic Truce
• To promote peaceful principles to the modern day This is a
holy tradition that was found around in the 9th century BC in
Ancient Greece
• The Truce was announced in the beginning and during the
Olympic games to ensure that all the athletes and spectators
had no fear and trouble in coming to the place for the
Olympics and even return back safely
• The Athens Bid Committee committed to bring back the
Olympic Truce in 1996 and promote it to the world through
the Olympic Flame Relay and three years later the
International Olympic Committee [IOC] was formed
• the IOC established the Truce and their main aim was to
protect the interests in athletes and sports and

6. When the truce was announced all the
wars , punishments, legal disputes were
stopped and resumed only after the 7th
day of the ending of the Olympics. Even
the armies were prohibited to threaten
the games.

7. Goals
• The Olympic Truce has a certain number of goals to fulfill
through it’s movement-
2. Mobilize youth for the promotion of the Olympic ideals
3. Use sport to establish contacts between communities in
conflicts
4. To get involved with human welfare and offer help to
countries during wars
5. To create space for opportunities and stop disagreement and
return to friendly relations.

8. Logo of the Truce
The Olympic Truce is symbolized by the dove
of peace with the traditional Olympic flame in
the background. In a world that is plagued by
wars and animosity, the peace-dove symbol
represents one of the IOC's ideals to build a
peaceful and better world through sport and
the Olympic ideal. The Olympic flame has
brought warm friendship to all the people of
the world through sharing and global
togetherness. In the symbol, the flame is
made up of colourful effervescent elements,
reminiscent of festivities experienced in the
celebration of the human spirit. These
elements represent people of all races coming
together for the observance of the Truce

9. Initiatives
• 2000 Sydney Summer Games : During the Opening Ceremony,
South and North Korean delegations walked in the stadium
together, under the same flag. It was the first Olympic Games
event where the two divided countries walked side by side.
• 2004 Athens Summer Games : The Olympic Truce was
promoted through Olympic Flame Relay events. The UN
supported the IOC in asking the nations of the world to stop
all wars for 16 days during the Games.
• 2006 Torino Winter Games : During the games, athletes and
officials showed support for the Olympic Truce by signing one
of the three walls situated in the three Olympic Villages

10. Initiatives
• 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Truce projects were rooted in an
open invitation for people to 'Make Your Peace' which asked
individuals to create everyday peace at home, schools, work, and in
the community. Projects included: delivering Olympic Spirit Boxes
filled with hockey, soccer, baseball, and basketball equipment to 20
Aboriginal communities in Northern Canada; an Olympic Truce
Youth Dialogue with Canada's Governor General; and an art
installation titled "Room to Make your Peace".
• 2012 London Olympics : On 22nd April 2011 a Member of the
House of Lords began walking over 3000 miles from Olympia to
London to highlight the opportunity to bring the Olympic Truce into
reality in London, in 2012. So far, “Walk for Truce” has been
successful in securing pledges from a number of countries to both
sign and implement the Truce.
[Only some initiatives have been mentioned].

11. Ancient Olympics
• According to historical records, the first ancient Olympic
Games can be traced back to 776 BC. They were dedicated to
the Olympian gods and were staged on the ancient plains of
Olympia. They continued for nearly 12 centuries, until
Emperor Theodosius decreed in 393 A.D.
Ancient Olympics were rather different from the
modern Games. There were fewer events and only free
men who spoke Greek could compete. The Games were
always held at Olympia rather than alternating to
different locations as is the tradition with the modern
Olympic Games. There is one major commonality
between the ancient and modern Games, the victorious
athletes are honoured, feted, and praised. Their deeds
were announced and were written in books or as
inscriptions so that future generations could appreciate
their accomplishments.
Ancient Olympic Game

12. UN’s Support
• The United Nations is in support of the Olympic Truce and
before each Olympic Games, adopts a resolution called
"Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the
Olympic ideal". UN Member States are asked to observe the
Olympic Truce, and work towards the settlement of
international disagreements by peaceful and diplomatic
means.
• United Kingdom was the first UN member ever to get all 193
UN members to sign the Olympic Truce for the 2012
Olympics.

13. Acknowledgements
• http://www.olympic.org/content/the-ioc/commissions/international-relations-/
• http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/04/sports/Olympics-nagano-1998-ioc-asks-w
• http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100609&page=1
• http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/17w-17e/nr-sp/index-eng.asp?id=9934
• http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13508.
• wikipedia
• google.com

14. THANK YOU
By-
Vishesh Malewar
D. N. Suprasanna
Jahnavie Sangam
New Era Senior Secondary School
Vadodara
Gujarat
India