Declaration for the Success of the Beijing Olympics
We participants in the Meeting of Asian Sports Ministers met in Osaka, Japan, to discuss promotion of sports in the Asian region and,
Shared the recognition that holding international sports competitions plays an extremely important role in strengthening of friendship and cooperation among nations,
Hoping for the success of the 29th Olympic Games to be held in Beijing in the People's Republic of China in 2008 (hereafter called the “Beijing Olympics”), we hereby declare that we will devise the following measures within our own respective nations:
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We will strive to promote sports and raise the competitiveness of the athletes to enable athletes from various Asian countries to stand out in the Beijing Olympics.
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We will strive to promote international exchanges via sports to enable further exchanges to be carried out vigorously among Asian nations, as the Beijing Olympics approach.
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In addition, we will strive to cooperate as much as possible to enable the Beijing Olympics to thrive and be held to great success. |
Adopted on August 27, 2007,
at the Meeting of Asian Sports Ministers in Osaka.
