Taking advantage of the Opportunityof
the Olympic Truce International forum taking place in Olympia
(Greece)from May 18 to 21, Joel Bouzou, President, has confirmed the
launching and the objectives of “Peace and Sport, Organisation pour la
Paix et le Sport,” a worldwide Initiative based in Monaco under the
High Patronage of his Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Supported
by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United
Nations,“Peace and Sport” intends to lead actions all round the world
in favor of the establishment of sustainable peace, on the basis of its
values, namely independence, neutrality and perseverance.
Peace
and Sport will strive to convince Governments, International
Organizations (such as International Sports Federation and National
Olympic Committees), and Private Businesses of the significance of
sport in preventing and solving some of the problems linked to Warfare
state.
Prince Albert declared this April in Beijing during the General Association of the International
Sport Federation (GAISF):
“Even
more than an Education, Sport is mixing people for a better World.
Sport is finally just more than Sport, Sport can contribute to Peace.
This is why, as some others, we have made our own contribution from
Monaco.”
“Peace and Sport” will use it natural relation-ships
with Governments, Sport Governance, and key companies to fund concrete
local projects on specific post conflict zones. “Peace and Sport” will
bring rules where there are no rules left,” says President Joel Bouzou,
former Olympic medallist, Modern pentathlon World champion, General
Secretary of the UIPM and Executive Board Member of the World Olympians
Association (WOA).
“Peace and Sport” will also involve role
model Olympians to touch and attract the youth from these zones to
sport, and show them that sport is more than just a game, that it can
bring people together in Peace and Harmony.”
President Joel
Bouzou has built the Organization Peace and Sport on his experience of
“Together Through Sports, a French initiative that he created in 1991
and developed with the World Olympians Association and the
International Olympic Committee from 1996 to 2006.
Joel Bouzou
explains “through this experience we demonstrated that conceptualized
action can bridge the Gap between two worlds which very often, deliberately or otherwise, have tended to ignore each other and can help work towards better social cohesion.”
“Peace and Sport” will benefit the strategic support of partners to carry out these initiatives in the long terms:
“Crans
Montana Forum,” an international organization which daily collaborates
with governments of the whole world and has assisted them to progress
on the paths of international cooperation for the last 20 years.
‘World
Olympians Association” which will assist “Peace and Sport” for its
local Projects by involving the Olympians to be used as role models in
order to attract the kids to the programs.
Financial and logistics partners,
which will be announced in the coming days.
“Peace and Sport” will organize a
yearly International Forum, with the first
edition to be held in Monaco from 28 to 30 of November
2007 under the High Patronage of H.S.H.
Prince Albert II of Monaco.
This Forum will assemble major partners, Heads of State and
Government, International Sport Federations, International, National
and Regional Organizations and private Companies having sports as their
field of activity.
