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We are all invited to contribute to new achievements. And we should not<br />

forget that, in the end, the Olympic Games enjoy recognition as a universal institution<br />

because they have put the emphasis not on rivalry, but on fraternisation,<br />

whilst remaining a contest, i.e. a relentless pursuit of victory. And also that, in this<br />

present day and age, they have been able to successfully combine technological<br />

advances with human experience and expectations.<br />

It is evident that there will be a rich debate on all these issues, based on<br />

different approaches and leading to interesting proposals. In addition, we should<br />

also focus, in a systematic way, on more specific aspects:<br />

(1) eliminate the negative phenomena affecting modern sport, doping in<br />

particular;<br />

(2) create the necessary mechanisms that will allow us to capitalise on the<br />

experience on the experience of the admittedly highly successful Sydney<br />

Olympics in areas like planning, the volunteers movement, organisation<br />

and sports fans participation;<br />

(3) promote Athens potentiality to upgrade the Olympic Games and establish<br />

them as the Games of Human Measure.<br />

I am certain that you will find creative solutions to all these problems during<br />

your session and that its results will prove to be important for the Olympic Movement's<br />

future course.<br />

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