Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, December 28 (Reporter Shan Lei Ji Ye) The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a New Year's message for 2024 to the world on the 28th, hoping that the Olympic Games can unite the world and make people's lives better.
* Say: "We are going through a difficult time. Deep down in our hearts, there is a great desire for something that unites us, something that can keep us together, no matter how different we are. The world needs hope, something that inspires us to resolve disputes peacefully, and something that brings out the best in us. ”
2024 is an Olympic year, with the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon-do, South Korea, starting with the Winter Youth Olympic Games in South Korea, followed by the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in the summer. ** said: "It's very exciting to see all Olympic Movement people working together to make an epoch-making Olympic Games born. We are very confident that Paris 2024 will become a symbol of global solidarity and peace. ”
The international community has also been very supportive, and we are grateful for the encouragement from around the world. At the same time, the higher the expectations for the Paris Olympics, the greater the pressure and the greater the responsibility. "* said.
* Concluded: "With these encouragements and motivations, we have full confidence in the future of the Olympic Games. Bringing our diversity together and living up to the Olympic motto – we will be faster, we will aim higher, we will be stronger because we are more united. Faster, Higher, Stronger – More United!”