UN Refugee Agency honoured with Olympic Cup for sporting contribution

IOC President Thomas Bach awards UN High Commissioner, Filippo Grandi, with the Olympic Cup. © IOC/Christophe Moratal UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, was today awarded the Olympic Cup by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its work supporting refugees and their host communities through sport, and in promoting the values of the Olympic movement all over the world. The Olympic Cup was established in 1906 by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the IOC and father of the modern Olympic movement. It has been awarded every year since then to an organization that has “rendered distinguished service to sport or contributed successfully to the promotion of the Olympic idea". Accepting the...