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“IN MY 21 YEARS OF PRESIDENCY, I HAVE ATTENDED<br />

17 OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE ANNUAL SESSION<br />

OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY<br />

FOR YOUNG PARTICIPANTS.<br />

THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT IS AN EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT,<br />

WHOSE ACTIVITIES ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS<br />

THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD.<br />

IT IS THEREFORE THE DUTY OF THE IOC PRESIDENT TO ENCOURAGE,<br />

PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF OLYMPISM,<br />

WHICH ARE A COMBINATION OF SPORT AND CULTURE."<br />

Quotation from the<br />

address by the IOC President at the<br />

opening of the 41 st Session<br />

of the International Olympic Academy.<br />

Pnyx, 20 June 2001<br />

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