OLYMPIC UPDATE / 2 DAYS TO THE GAMES
Times News Services
The United Nations is calling for a worldwide cease-fire during the Olympics.
“I solemnly appeal to all states to observe the Olympic truce . . . and to strive toward building lasting peace,” Diogo Freitas do Amaral, president of the 185-member General Assembly, said Tuesday.
In November, the General Assembly approved a resolution calling for the truce during the Atlanta games.
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