Assembly debate on
30 and 31 January 1980 (24th and 25th Sittings) (see Doc. 4485, report of the Political Affairs Committee). Text adopted
by the Assembly on 31 January 1980 (25th Sitting).
Thesaurus
The Assembly,
1. Recalling its Recommendation
889 on the crisis in Afghanistan, and Resolution 718 on the arrest and forced exile of Dr Andrei Sakharov;
2. Bearing in mind the unchanging moral values underlying democracy
and sport, draws to the attention of the National Olympic Committees
of member states and the athletes of Europe the seriousness of the
events which have taken place in Afghanistan during the last month,
together with the treatment accorded to Professor Sakharov, and
urges them to take these events into account in making their decisions
as to whether to participate in the Olympic Games in Moscow or in
the ceremonies associated with them;
3. Calls on European governments, in the light of their contacts
with their National Olympic Committees and through them with the
International Olympic Committee, to endeavour to concert in the
framework of the Conference of European Ministers responsible for
sport a common position with regard to the Olympic Games in Moscow.
