The U.N. General Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted an Olympics resolution that includes a gay-inclusive reference to discrimination.
The รขโฌลOlympic Truce Resolutionรขโฌย that calls for peace around the world around the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, specifically refers to the Olympic Charterรขโฌโขs nondiscrimination clause, which is known as Principle 6.
Egypt and Russia in recent weeks sought to remove the Principle 6 reference from the resolution because it specifically includes sexual orientation, religion, gender and other factors. The U.S., France and Brazil blocked these efforts.
รขโฌลThe Olympics is an event that should focus on what brings us together รขโฌโ friendly competition by the worldรขโฌโขs best athletes รขโฌโ not what makes us different,รขโฌย U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haleyรย told the Washington Blade earlier this month in a statement.รย รขโฌลNo athlete should face discrimination of any kind when representing their country in the games.รขโฌย
The International Olympic Committee in late 2014 added sexual orientation to Principle 6 after Russiaรขโฌโขs LGBT rights record รขโฌโ including a law banning the promotion of so-called gay propaganda to minors รขโฌโ overshadowed that yearรขโฌโขs Winter Olympics that took place in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.
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