A resolution urging countries to uphold the Olympic Truce has once again been approved by the United Nations.

The call for Games-time peace known as “ekecheiria” dates back to Ancient Greece, when a treaty pledging safe passage for athletes and spectators to participate in the original Olympics was signed by the leaders of warring city-states.

Since being revived by the International Olympic Committee in the 1990s, the U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution entitled, “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal,” every two years, ahead of an upcoming Games.

In 2001, the Olympic Truce resolution for the 2002 Winter Games in Utah did not call for a cessation of hostilities around the world due to the U.S. military efforts following the Sept. 11

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