| Re: From 1960 to 1992 South Africa was excluded from the Olympics [boodskap #46658] |
Mon, 16 July 2001 05:01 |
Vusi
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My indruk op hierdie vroeë tydstip is dat dit voordeling is dat China die
2008 OS-gasheer sal wees. Hulle gaan in die proses 'n klomp aandag op
hulself vestig - "they can run, but they can't hide..."
En , bestaan die moontlikheid dat "hulle" spele geboikot kan word (aan die
einde van die dag) - soos Moskou-syne.
"Poseidon 55" skryf in boodskap news:VZg47.1852$304.112873@news20.bellglobal.com...
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> Subject: From 1960 to 1992 South Africa was excluded from the Olympics
> Date: Saturday, July 14, 2001 3:21 PM
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> MOSCOW, July 14 (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) director
> general Francois Carrard drew a sharp distinction on Saturday between the
> organisation's stance on apartheid in South Africa and its attitude towards
> human rights in China.
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> The IOC voted overwhelmingly on Friday to award the 2008 Olympics to Beijing
> despite widespread international disquiet with China's record on human
> rights.
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> South Africa was excluded from the 1960 Rome Olympic Games because of its
> apartheid (racial separation) policies and was not readmitted until the 1992
> Barcelona Olympics after the laws were demolished. The IOC withdrew formal
> recognition of the South African National Olympic Committee (SANROC) in
> 1970.
>
> Carrard told a news conference South Africa had been excluded from the
> Olympic movement because SANROC had been bound by apartheid laws which were
> entrenched in the county's constitution.
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> "It was one of the grossest violations of fundamental human principles," he
> said. "We are talking about discrimination based on race.
>
> "The National Olympic Committee at the time was not able to carry out its
> activities in accordance with the principles of the Olympic charter."
>
> Carrard acknowledged human rights was a "very serious issue" but said by
> contrast with SANROC China's National Olympic Committee was not engaged in
> violations of human rights.
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> "We don't by any means suggest that human rights are not a fundamental issue
> but that the situation is totally different," he said.
>
> Earlier, Carrard was asked if the IOC had debated the issue of human rights
> in China.
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> "It is a tradition of the International Olympic Committee, which is one of
> the oldest, if not the oldest, international organisations in the world
> which
> has survived since 1894 that there has never been political debate on the
> floor," he replied.
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> "But the members are acutely aware of the main issues. Each member is duly
> informed, duly conscious of whatever the issue or problems of the day are."
>
> Apartheid was one of the more difficult problems the IOC has had to face and
> was directly responsible for a boycott in 1976 when black African nations
> walked out of the Montreal Olympics in protest against a New Zealand rugby
> union tour of South Africa.
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