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Home Page
About us
The Foundation
Recognizing Leaders
The Olympic Truce
How It Has Made a Difference
Honorees
Awarding a Discus
Official Monuments
Your Own Truce Oath
Founder Hugh Dugan
Our Board
Our Advisors
Contact
Follow Us on Twitter
Times of Truce Poem
Olympics - 2018 PyeongChang
Its Theme : "Peace. Connected."
Poetry for PyeongChang 2018 & Korea's People
Peace~ability poem
The Times of Truce poem & video
Pindar poem
Centuries of Winter poem
The Other DMZ poem
In Praise of Bodies poem
Beauty Continues poem
Norths & Souths poem ~ for the People of Korea
In the Open poem ~ for Governor Choi Moon-Soon
Koreagraphing poem ~ for Lee Hee-Beom
Unbordered poem ~ for Miroslav Lajcak
White Flag poem ~ for the Korean Women's Hockey Team
Always in Motion poem ~ for the Paralympians
Award Presentations
News
Events Calendar
Truce Blog
Contact Us
Olympics - 2016 & earlier
Rio 2016
London 2012
Beijing 2008
Torino 2006
Athens 2004
Other Games
CARIFTA Games 2007
Small States of Europe Games 2007
America's Cup 2017
An Overview
Seamounted (ACBDA Ltd.)
Where the Fates Carry (Bermudians)
Learning to Swim (New Zealand)
Strength in Numbers (USA)
Into the Wild Blue Wonder (Sweden)
Flashes (Japan)
Our Natural State (UK)
Together (France)
On an Island (AC Race Mgmt)
The Tropic of Cancer (for Conquer Cancer Charity)
I've Seen a Country (AC Event Authority)
Hugh Dugan
February 1, 2018

UK's "resigning" Lord Michael Bates, Truce Hero: Integrity Defined

Hugh Dugan
February 1, 2018

Lord Michael Bates, hero of the Olympic Truce and our awardee (2012), resigned today for 'discourteously' arriving late to Parliamentary debate.

His bar-raising integrity stunned his colleagues.

We need more of this example: resignation NOT accepted by the Prime Minister or Queen! 

See it all here http://shr.gs/2BJievl

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