THE WORLD PERSONALITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE OLYMPIC TRUCE ARE MENTIONED IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AT THE TIME OF THE SIGNING

World Personalities in support of the Olympic Truce
(as of November 2003) (in alphabetical order)

HEADS OF STATE

  1. V. Adamkus President, Republic of Lithuania
  2. B. Al-Assad President, Syrian Arab Republic
  3. W. J. Clinton Former President, United States
  4. D. Covic Tripartite Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  5. V. Vike-Freiberga President, Republic of Latvia
  6. F. Bin Al-Hussein Prince, Jordan
  7. I. Iliescu President, Romania
  8. S. M. Khatami President, Islamic Republic of Iran
  9. H. Koehler President, Federal Republic of Germany
  10. V. Kostunica President, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  11. A. Kwasniewski President, Republic of Poland
  12. Letsie III King, Kingdom of Lesotho
  13. L.I. Lula Da Silva President, Federative Republic of Brazil
  14. N. Mandela Former President, Republic of South Africa
  15. R. Meidani President, Republic of Albania
  16. S. Mesic President, Republic of Croatia
  17. N. Nazarbayev President, Republic of Kazakhstan
  18. T. Papadopoulos President, Republic of Cyprus
  19. B. Paravac Tripartite Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  20. G. Parvanov President, Republic of Bulgaria
  21. A. Rüütel President of the Republic of Es tonia
  22. J. Sampaio President, Portuguese Republic
  23. Sofia Queen, Spain
  24. C. Stephanopoulos President, Hellenic Republic
  25. S. Tihic Tripartite Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  26. A. Toledo President, Republic of Peru
  27. B. Trajkovski President, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

    28. HEADS OF GOVERNMENT

  28. T. Blair Prime Minister, United Kingdom
  29. P. Bollini Captain-Regent, Republic of San Marino
  30. A.M. Brazauskas Prime Minister, Republic of Lithuania
  31. D. Douglas, Prime Minister , St. Kitts and Nevis
  32. Z. Djindjic Prime Minister, Serbia
  33. I.K. Gujral Former Prime Minister, India
  34. C. Karamanlis Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
  35. H. Kostov Prime Minister , Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  36. Zl. Lagumdzija Prime Minister, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  37. P. Leclercq Minister of State, Principality of Monaco
  38. L. Miller Prime Minister, Republic of Poland
  39. F. Nano Prime Minister, Republic of Albania
  40. A. Nastase Prime Minister, Republic of Romania
  41. F. da Piedade Dias Dos Santos Prime Minister, Republic of Angola
  42. K. Prunskiene Former Prime Minister, Lithuania
  43. Iv. Racan, Prime Minister, Republic of Croatia
  44. M. Riccardi Captain-Regent, Republic of San Marino
  45. S. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Prime Minister, Republic of Bulgaria
  46. S. Samar Vice President of the interim Administration and Minister for Women's Affairs of Afghanistan
  47. S. Schmid Vice-President of the Swiss Federal Council and Federal Councilor Swiss Minister of Defense, C ivi l Protection and Sports
  48. H. Silajdzic Former Prime Minister, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  49. V. Yanukovych Prime Minister , Ukraine

    50. MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  50. M. Soledad Alvear Foreign Affairs Minister, Chile
  51. C. Amorin Foreign Affairs Minister, Brazil
  52. M. E. B. de Avila Foreign Affairs Minister, El Salvador
  53. A. Belkhadem Foreign Affairs Minister, Algeria
  54. M. Benaissa Foreign Affairs Minister, Morocco
  55. I. Berzins Foreign Affairs Minister, Latvia
  56. R. Bielsa Foreign Affairs Minister , Argentina
  57. N. Caldera Foreign Affairs Minister, Nicaragua
  58. S. Casule Foreign Affairs Minister, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  59. I. Cem Foreign Affairs Minister, Turkey
  60. Wl. Cimoszewicz Foreign Affairs Minister, Poland
  61. A. M. Da Cruz Foreign Affairs Minister, Portugal
  62. A. Dade Foreign Affairs Minister, Albania
  63. J. Deiss Foreign Affairs Minister, Switzerland
  64. J. Fischer Foreign Affairs Minister, Germany
  65. F. Frattini Foreign Affairs Minister, Italy
  66. J. Gama Foreign Affairs Minister, Portugal
  67. M. Geoana Foreign Affairs Minister, Romania
  68. Ph. Goff Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, New Zealand
  69. B. Graham Foreign Affairs Minister, Canada
  70. V. Guliyev Foreign Affairs Minister, Azerbaijan
  71. E. Gutierrez Foreign Affairs Minister, Guatemala
  72. A. Gul Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister , Turkey
  73. T.H. Ilves Foreign Affairs Minister, Estonia
  74. S. R. Insanally Foreign Affairs Minister, Guyana
  75. I. Ivanov Foreign Affairs Minister, Russian Federation
  76. J. Kavan Foreign Affairs Minister, Czech Republic
  77. S. Kerim Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  78. K. Kharrazi Foreign Affairs Minister, Iran
  79. A. Khatib Foreign Affairs Minister, Jordan
  80. Ed. Kukan Foreign Affairs Minister, Slovakia
  81. A. Lindh Foreign Affairs Minister, Sweden
  82. Z. Li Foreign Affairs Minister, China
  83. A. Maher Foreign Affairs Minister, Egypt
  84. J. Martonyi Foreign Affairs Minister, Hungary
  85. R. Chaderton Matos Foreign Affairs Minister, Venezuela
  86. I. Mitreva Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  87. V. Oskanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Armenia
  88. G. A. Papandreou Foreign Affairs Minister, Greece
  89. S. Passy Foreign Affairs Minister, Bulgaria
  90. S. Peres Foreign Affairs Minister, Israel
  91. T. Picula Foreign Affairs Minister, Croatia
  92. J. Pique Foreign Affairs Minister, Spain
  93. J. A. M. Ruffinelli Foreign Affairs Minister, Paraguay
  94. C. A. Saavedra Foreign Affairs Minister, Bolivia
  95. A. Sattar Foreign Affairs Minister, Pakistan
  96. A. Saud al Faysal Foreign Affairs Minister, Saudi Arabia
  97. N. Shaath Minister of Planning and Int. Coop., Palestinian Authority
  98. A. M. Shalqam Secretary of People's General Committee for Foreign Affairs Liaison and International Cooperation, Libya
  99. J. Straw Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom
  100. G. Svilanovic Foreign Affairs Minister, Yugoslavia
  101. J. Tang Foreign Affairs Minister, China
  102. A. Valionis Foreign Affairs Minister, Lithuania
  103. H. Védrine Foreign Affairs Minister, France
  104. N. P. Vega Foreign Affairs Minister, Ecuador
  105. D. de Villepin Foreign Affairs Minister, France
  106. A. Wagner Foreign Affairs Minister, Peru
  107. B.Ferrero-Waldner Foreign Affairs Minister, Austria
  108. H. Ben Yahia Foreign Affairs Minister, Tunisia
  109. Y. Yakis Foreign Affairs Minister, Turkey
  110. A. Zlenko Foreign Affairs Minister, Ukraine
  111. Nk. Cl. Dlamini-Zuma Foreign Affairs Minister, South Africa

    112. SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTS, MINISTERS, HIGH OFFICIALS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, OTHER PERSONALITIES

  112. V. Andric Federal Secretary for Sports and Youth of the FRY
  113. V. Andriukaitis Deputy Chairman of the Seimas Parliament, Lithuania
  114. K. Annan Secretary General, United Nations
  115. J.B.M.Amaral Vice President of Portuguese Parliament
  116. I. Babayev Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports and Tourism, Azerbaijan
  117. V. Barkowski Designer & Founder, Mia Zia
  118. M. Barnier Member of the European Commission
  119. V. Barsegyan Secretary of State for Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports, Armenia
  120. L. E. D. Bautista Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States
  121. C. Bellamy Executive Director, UNICEF
  122. S. Bellanger President & CEO, Ass'n French Chambers of Commerce
  123. V. Blinkeviciute Minister of Social Security and Labor, Lithuania
  124. C. Boras Assistant Federal Secretary of State for Youth of the FRY
  125. J. Borrell Fontelles President of the European Parliament
  126. A.Burg President, Knesset, Israel
  127. D. Christofias President of Parliament, Republic of Cyprus
  128. L. Cok Minister of Education Science and Sport, Slovenia
  129. C. Constantinou Amb., Dean, J. H. Whitehead School of Diplomacy, Seton Hall
  130. M. D’ Alema Member of the European Parliament
  131. G. Dimitrakopoulos Vice President, European Parliament
  132. A. Diouf Secretary General of the International Organization of Francophony and former President of the Republic of Senegal
  133. R. Demotte Minister of Culture, Finance, Youth and Sports, French Community, Belgium
  134. A. Dossal Executive Director, UNFIP
  135. K. Dervis State Minister, Turkey
  136. Lord A. Dubs Labour Party Chair, House of Lords
  137. H. Durt Int'l College for Advanced Buddhist Studies Tokyo
  138. A. Ertegun Co-Chairman & CEO, The Atlantic Group, USA
  139. H. Fischer Speaker of Parliament, Austria
  140. Z. Gaiparashvili Chairman of State Department of Youth Affairs of Georgia
  141. J. Garriaud-Mayla Co-founder, Union Internationale des Citoyens Européens
  142. Boutros B. Ghali Secretary General of the International Organization of Francophony and former Secretary General of the United Nations; member IOTC board
  143. G. Gingaras Minister of Youth and Sports, Romania
  144. L. Hallengren Minister for Youth, Deputy Minister for Education, Sweden
  145. D. Hanganu Architect
  146. Ol. Ivanovic Member of the Serbian National Council, Kosovo/FRY
  147. J. Kellenberger President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
  148. R. Khan Journalist, CNN
  149. M. R. Khatami First Vice Speaker, Islamic Consultative Assembly, Iran
  150. Dr. D. Klimo Founder & President, D. Klimo GmbH
  151. N. Konstandaras Editor-in-Chief, International Herald Tribune-Kathimerini
  152. T. Kostadinova Deputy Minister of Youth and Sport, Bulgaria
  153. P. Lamy EU Commissioner for Trade
  154. R. Lubbers UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  155. Martin Luther King III
  156. N. Massalha Vice President, Knesset, Israel
  157. At. Mesterhazy State Secretary, Ministry of Children Youth and Sports, Hungary
  158. A. Moerzinger Political Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Uruguay
  159. A. Moussa Secretary General, Arab League
  160. A. Ogi UN Under-Secretary-General
  161. D. Papademetriou Co-founder & co-director, Migration Policy Institute, USA
  162. St. Papadopoulos Vice Chairman, SG Gowen Securities Corp., USA
  163. D. A. Quinonez Vice Minister of External Relations, Honduras
  164. E. Rama Mayor of Tirana, Albania
  165. M. Rand Minister for Education of Estonia
  166. V. Reding Member of the European Commission
  167. I. Rugova President, Democratic League of Kosovo/FRY
  168. S. Rylko Holy See
  169. J. Schlesinger International Journalist
  170. W. Schwimmer Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
  171. Al. Shambos Minister of Justice and Public Order, Cyprus
  172. G. Sipahioglu President, SIPA Press, France
  173. J. Solana EU's Secretary General/High Representative
  174. A. Soler Director, Cadbury Schweppes, Canada
  175. I. Stancicoff Director, Cresta Marketing; frm. Foreign Minister Bulgaria
  176. Prince D. Sturdza Co-founder, D'esse AG of Switzerland
  177. A. Tato Minister for Culture, Albania
  178. M. Tilki Chairwoman, Federation of Irish Societies, UK
  179. Z. Tesanovic Minister for Sports and Youth, Republica Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  180. C. D. Trevino Secretary-General for Social Affairs, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Spain
  181. C. Toepfer Executive Director, UNEP
  182. Dr. G. Ugeux Senior Managing Director, New York Stock Exchange
  183. O. Anders With State Secretary of the Royal Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, Norway
  184. A. Vallarino Vice President of the Republic of Panama
  185. E. Venizelos Minister for Culture, Greece
  186. D. Vidovic Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Croatia
  187. Dr. M. Vyhnálek Founder, Lacrum Tasmanian Dairy Farm, Australia
  188. A. Xhaferi President DPA, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  189. S. Zanoun Speaker, Palestinian National Council
  190. Otto Zich Chairman, Sony Europe

    191. RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND OTHER PERSONALITIES

  191. His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania
  192. His Eminence Anastasios, Metropolitan of Ilioupolis and Theira
  193. His Beatitude Aram, Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
  194. His Eminence Cardinal Francis Arinze (President of the Pontifical Council f for the Inter-religious Dialogue), Vatican
  195. His All-Holiness Bartholomew , Ecumenical Patriarch
  196. His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Christodoulos
  197. His Grace Bishop Julius Cicek, Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
  198. His Eminence Demetrios , Archbishop of America (Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America)
  199. His Beatitude Eirinaios, Patriarch of Jerusalem
  200. Mons. Walter M. Ebejer, Diocesan Bishop of Uniao da Vitoria, Brazil
  201. His Grace Bishop Emmanuel of Rigion
  202. Chancellor Andreas Gilerdy, Serbian Patriarchate
  203. Mgr Aldo Giordano, General Secretary of Romancatholic Council Europe Assemblies
  204. His Beatitude Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch and All East
  205. His Beatitude Ilias II, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia
  206. Archimandrite Venediktos Ioannou, Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches
  207. His Grace Bishop Irinej of Batska, Serbia
  208. Mr. Michael Jaharis, Vice Chairman of the Archdiocesan Council, New York
  209. His Eminence Jeremy, Metropolitan of Switzerland, President of the Conference of European Churches
  210. His Holiness the Pope John-Paul II
  211. His Holiness Patriarch of All Armenians Karekin II
  212. His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity
  213. Antonios Kireopoulos , Conference of Religions about Peace (USA)
  214. K. Klements, Secretary General of the Conference of European Churches
  215. Deacon Elpidoforos Labriniadis, Ecumenical Patriarchate
  216. Mahmoud Al-Mufti, on behalf of Prince Hasan of Jordan
  217. His Eminence Makarios ,Metropolitan of Kenya
  218. Archbishop Paul Matar, representing the Church of Maronites
  219. His Eminence Meliton , Metropolitan of Philadelphia
  220. His Beatitude Mesrob II, Patriarch of the Armenians of Constantinople
  221. G. Bizos, Counselor to President N. Mandela
  222. Professor Niyazi Oktem, representing the President of Religious Affairs of Turkey
  223. His Grace Bishop Vincezo Paglia, Italy
  224. His Beatitude Pavle, Patriarch of the Serbs
  225. His Beatitude Petros VII, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
  226. Vlassios Phidas, Professor
  227. His Grace Bishop Eberhardt Renz, President of the World Council of Churches
  228. Professor Andrea Riccardi, President of the Romancatholic Community of San Egidio
  229. R. Rohrandt, Vice President of the Conference of European Churches
  230. Davos Salom, Jewish Community of Serbia
  231. Aca Singer, Jewish Community of Serbia
  232. Rabbi Arthur Sneier, New York
  233. the Most Rev. (Senior) Georgios Tsetsis
  234. Cemal Ussak, Turkish representative of the Intercultural Dialogue Platform
  235. Gary Vachicouras, Center of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Geneva
  236. His Grace Vasilios, Bishop of Trimythounta

    237. PERSONALITIES FROM THE ARTS AND LETTERS

  237. H. Ahrweiler-Glykatzi President of the European University
  238. V. Amritral Actor
  239. Th. Angelopoulos Film Director
  240. A. Baltsa Opera Singer
  241. H. Bellafonte Actor
  242. R. Berger General Director, Vienna Volksoper
  243. J. Cl. Brealy Artist
  244. M. Cacoyannis Film Director
  245. Chryssa Sculptor
  246. J. Dassin Film Director, President M. Merkouri Foundation
  247. K. Dimoula Poet, Member of the Academy of Athens
  248. Ol. Dukakis Actress
  249. D. Fotopoulos Stage Designer
  250. I. Galante Soprano
  251. K. Gavras Film Director
  252. J. Gianopulos Co-Chairman, 20th Century Fox
  253. V. Globokar Composer, Trombone Player
  254. Denis Glover Actor
  255. E. Karaindrou Composer
  256. C. Katsaris Concert Pianist
  257. L. Kavakos Concert violinist
  258. J. Kounellis Painter
  259. N. Mahfouz Nobel Laureate
  260. K. Mattila Soprano
  261. Th. Mikroutsikos Composer, former Minister of Culture
  262. Roger Moore Actor
  263. Nana Mouskouri Singer, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
  264. A. Myrat Conductor
  265. D. Papaioannou Director Choreographer
  266. Irene Papas Actress
  267. Vangelis Papathanassiou Composer
  268. L. Renoud Artist
  269. M. Rubackyté Concert Pianist and Professor
  270. J. Saramago Nobel Laureate
  271. D. Sgouros Concert Pianist
  272. Im. Stuart Sculptor
  273. Takis Sculptor
  274. Mikis Theodorakis Composer
  275. Peter Ustinov Actor
  276. Fyodor Yurchikhin Cosmonaut
  277. S. Xarhakos Composer
  278. V. Zelakeviciute Documentary Filmmaker

    279. OLYMPIC FAMILY

  279. T. Ajan IOC
  280. Y. Akashi President, Japanese Centre for Preventive Diplomacy; IOTC
  281. Albert de Monako IOC
  282. S. Ali IOC
  283. G. Angelopoulos President, Athens 2004; IOTC
  284. R. Baar IOC
  285. Th. Bach IOC
  286. P. Baudry UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador; IOTC
  287. F. Bello IOC
  288. Borbón, l'Infante Doña Pilar de IOC
  289. V. Borzov IOC
  290. Breda Vriesman, Els van IOC
  291. S. Bubka IOC
  292. R. Carrión IOC
  293. V. Castellani President, Turin 2006; IOTC
  294. Vl. Cernusak IOC
  295. P. Chamunda IOC
  296. U. Chang IOC
  297. O. Cinquanta IOC
  298. J. D. Coates IOC
  299. Ph. Coles IOC
  300. N. Comaneci Olympian
  301. Constantine IOC
  302. P. Craven IOC; IOTC
  303. Ch. Crooks IOC
  304. R. Ctvrtlik IOC
  305. L. Diack IOC
  306. I. Dibos IOC
  307. M. Di Centa IOC
  308. G. Drut IOC; IOTC
  309. F. Elizalde IOC
  310. M. Estiarte IOC
  311. R. Fasel IOC
  312. N. Filaretos IOC
  313. T. Fok IOC
  314. A. Geesink IOC
  315. A. Gilady IOC
  316. M. Glen-Haig IOC
  317. G. Gola President, CISM; IOTC
  318. R. Gonzalez Lopez IOC
  319. R. K. Gosper IOC
  320. A. M. Halim IOC
  321. M. Hashemi Taba IOC
  322. E. Hay IOC
  323. J. Havelange IOC; IOTC
  324. G. Heiberg IOC
  325. G. Heinze IOC
  326. P. Henderson IOC
  327. P. Hickey IOC
  328. K. Holm IOC
  329. N. Holst-Sorensen IOC
  330. H. Hsu IOC
  331. Ch. Igaya IOC
  332. N. Indrapana IOC
  333. Fl. Isava-Fonseca IOC
  334. W. Kaltschmitt Lujan IOC
  335. K. Keino IOC
  336. T. Khoury IOC
  337. J-C Killy IOC; IOTC
  338. U. Y. Kim IOC
  339. A. Kumar IOC
  340. J. Kurri IOC
  341. M. Larfaoui IOC
  342. K. Lazarides IOC
  343. G. Lindberg IOC
  344. A. Ljungqvist IOC
  345. Nora de Liechtenstein IOC
  346. le Grand-Duc de Luxemburg IOC
  347. J. C. Maglione IOC
  348. Sh. Magvan IOC
  349. A. Matthia IOC
  350. F. Mendoza Carrasquilla IOC
  351. S. Moudallal IOC
  352. N. Moutawakel IOC
  353. R. N. Muñoz Peña IOC
  354. M. Mzali IOC
  355. Fr. Narmon IOC
  356. Y. Ndiaye IOC
  357. S. M. Ng IOC
  358. L. Nikolaou IOC
  359. C. Nuzman IOC
  360. F. Nyangweso IOC
  361. S. Okano IOC
  362. S. O'Neil IOC
  363. le Prince d'Orange IOC
  364. D. Oswald IOC
  365. L. Palenfo IOC
  366. Y. S. Park IOC
  367. M. Pescante IOC
  368. Al. Popov IOC
  369. R. Pound IOC
  370. S. Ramsamy IOC
  371. C. Reedie IOC
  372. J. Rogge President, IOC; IOTC
  373. R. Ruhee IOC
  374. M. Sabet IOC
  375. J. A. Samaranch Hon. President for Life, IOC; IOTC
  376. J. A. Samaranch Jr. IOC
  377. M. Sánchez Rivas IOC
  378. P. Schmitt IOC
  379. Ph. von Schoeller IOC
  380. A. Sealy IOC
  381. R. Singh IOC
  382. Iv. Slavkov IOC
  383. A. Sondral IOC
  384. B. Stankovic IOC
  385. T. Stoltenberg IOTC
  386. I. Szewinska IOC
  387. P. Tallberg IOC
  388. Sh. Tazpischev IOC
  389. E. Terpstra Olympian; IOTC
  390. W. Troeger IOC
  391. M. Vázquez Raña IOC; IOTC
  392. Ol. Vázquez Raña IOC
  393. L. Wallner IOC
  394. P. Wiberg IOC
  395. T. Wilson IOC
  396. Ch-K. Wu IOC
  397. Z. Yu IOC

    398. ATHLETIC CLUBS (through Presidents, Coaches and/or Team Captains)

  398. Fenerbahce Football Club, Turkey
  399. Galatasaray Football Club, Turkey
  400. Olympiakos Football Club, Greece
  401. Panathinaikos Football Club, Greece
  402. PyeongChang 2010 Games bid city (RM Gong, Chairman; HS Kwon, Mayor)
  403. Salzburg Games bid city (D. Schaden, Mayor; E. Winkler, DG)
  404. Vancouver 2010 Games bid city (L. Campbell, Mayor; J. Poole, Chair)