The Olympic Truce gave those participating in the ancient Greek games safe passage安全通道, and a peaceful environment in which to compete.
The tradition was revived復興 in the early 1990s through UN resolutions. In practice this has had limited impact影響有限: you may recall記得 that the Georgia war erupted爆發 on the eve of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Nevertheless然而, 雖然, 還是 British diplomats want at least a show of world peace. They're trying to get all UN member states to co-sponsor共同提案國 their resolution.
They've been soliciting拉客 support by fax and email from countries that don't have a UN mission代表團, and on the spot立即 from some ambassadors大使 at diplomatic外交 parties.
But they're still short仍然缺乏 two signatures: Syria and Iran.
As for peace during the Games, it seems unlikely that war in Afghanistan will stop. And when it comes to Libya, diplomats say they hope that conflict will have ended by the time the Olympics begin.
Barbara Plett, BBC News
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