Fælles nordisk udtalelse om Rusland/Ukraine

De nordiske olympiske og paralympiske komitéer samt de nationale idrætsforbund i Norden har været samlet i den 22.-23. september i Oslo. Som afslutning på mødet har organisationerne udsendt nedenstående udtalelse.

Udtalelsen udsendes som en reaktion på Ruslands eskalering af krigen mod Ukraine med mobilisering og trusler om brug af atomvåben, og som en reaktion på internationale overvejelser om, hvorvidt og hvornår atleter og ledere fra Rusland og Belarus skal tilbage til international idræt.

Udtalelsen er sendt til den internationale olympiske komité (IOC), de europæiske olympiske komitéer (EOC), sammenslutningen af olympiske komitéer (ANOC), den internationale paralympiske komité (IPC), de europæiske paralympiske komitéer. Den lyder som følger:

Statement from the Nordic Olympic Committees, Paralympic Committees, and Sports Confederations on the escalating Russian aggression in Ukraine:

The Nordic Olympic Committees, Paralympic Committees and Sports Confederations find the Russian invasion of Ukraine to be a blatant breach of international law.

The Russian aggression in Ukraine is escalating. Under these circumstances, it will be unacceptable to open up for Russian and Belarusian international sports participation. We stand firmly in our position. Now is not the right time to consider their return.

We call upon the Olympic and Paralympic Movement and all international sports organisations to continue to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people and the demand for peace. We give our full support to the recommendations of no participation of all Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in international sports.

This statement has been approved by the Presidents of the following organisations:

Denmark
Danish Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, Hans Natorp
Danish Paralympic Committee, John Petersson

Finland
Finnish Olympic Committee, Jan Vapaavuori
Finnish Paralympic Committee, Sari Rautio

Iceland
The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland, Lárus Blöndal
The National Paralympic Committee of Iceland, Thordur Arni Hjaltested

Norway
Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, Berit Kjøll

Sweden
Swedish Olympic Committee, Mats Årjes
Swedish Confederation of Sports, Björn Eriksson
Swedish Paralympic Committee, Åsa Llinares Norlin

Greenland
The Sports Confederation of Greenland, Nuka Kleemann

Faroe Islands
Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee, Elin Heðinsdóttir
Faroe Islands Paralympic Committee, Petur Elias Petersen

Åland
Åland Islands Sports Federation, Anders Ingves