UNITED NATIONS (AP) The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a symbolic resolution calling for a global truce throughout the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympic games in Sochi, Russia.
The General Assembly has passed similar resolutions since 1993, but countries continue fighting wars whether the Olympics are on or not.
The Moscow-sponsored resolution made no reference to calls for a boycott of the games to protest a new Russian anti-gay law.
Russia's recent law prohibiting promotion of "nontraditional" sexual relations has been denounced by gay activists and criticized by President Barack Obama. Activists have called for a boycott of the Sochi Games, although Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron say they oppose one. The Russian law does not outlaw gay sex, which was legalized in Russia in 1993.
Russia has some history with Olympic boycotts. In 1980, the United States led a boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics over the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, and the Soviets in turn pulled out of the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles.