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Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Ms. Kirsty Coventry, President of the International Olympic Committee


Readouts | António Guterres, Secretary-General


The Secretary-General met on Friday with H.E. Ms. Kirsty Coventry, President of the International Olympic Committee.
 
The Secretary-General congratulated the President for the organization of the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, together with the host country, Italy. He acknowledged the President’s commitment to ensuring that the Olympic and Paralympic Games promote peace, unity and inclusion. They also discussed the IOC initiatives on sustainability and gender equality.
 
They reaffirmed their commitment to a continued and strengthened partnership between the International Olympic Committee and the United Nations.