In his New Year’s video message sent to the Olympic community today, President Bach recalls how the role of sport in various aspects of society has been strengthened by a pandemic. COVID-19 release.
“A place of sport for physical and mental health, a place of sport for our social life, a place of sport for our economic life is widely recognized,” he said.
This has been achieved through a number of initiatives, including the “#StayStrong #StayActive #StayHealthy” campaign, a new collaboration agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the “Healthy Together” initiative in partnership with the United Nations. (UN) and WHO.
The same recognition has come from the UN General Assembly, which adopted a consensus resolution calling on governments to include the world of sport in their recovery programs. Both the resolution of the General Assembly and the declaration of the latest G20 Leaders Summit supported Tokyo 2020 at the Olympic Games, to be held in 2021, and the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games.
The IOC President reaffirms that Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 will indeed be priorities for the remarkable Olympic year 2021.
“Tokyo remains the best Olympic city ever prepared. We can only thank our Japanese partners and friends for their great dedication and determination, which is entirely in line with our commitment and determination to organize these Games in a safe manner for the participants. all and make those Olympic Games appropriate. the post-coronavirus world. We all live Games that will be forgotten, ”said Bach.
Furthermore, he says: “We need to start already at the beginning of this year to prepare for the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games. And there, they are all on board. We see the same commitment and determination from our Chinese partners and friends, and the Olympic venues are already ready for the best winter sports athletes in the world. ”
The importance of sport and the Olympic values in today’s world can be further emphasized by one of the lessons learned in 2020, according to Bach: “We need more loyalty. We need more loyalty within societies, and we need more loyalty among societies. ”
“And we will learn from this lesson and, by learning from this lesson of loyalty, we will turn the challenges of the future into opportunities again. In this spirit, we will take forward future reforms of the 2020 Olympic Agenda. I invite you to join us in these ongoing reforms and to bring our mottos of ‘change or change’ to life in the years to come. ”
See the full transcript of the IOC Anniversary video message here.
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