Africa: Ahead Eve of Sochi Olympic Games, Ban Praises Power of Sport to Unite All People

6 February 2014

In Sochi, Russia, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the power of sport to promote human rights and unite people regardless of their age, race, class, religious, ability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity in a first of its kind address to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

"We must all raise our voices against attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex people," Mr. Ban said as the first UN chief to address an IOC session. "We must oppose the arrests, imprisonments and discriminatory restrictions they face."

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