BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Gao Zhidan, deputy director with Chinese State General Administration of Sports, said Thursday that safety must get top priority in the development of winter sports industry as deadly skiing accidents shocked the country.
Gao made the remarks at a national skiing safety meeting that gathered nearly 20 provincial officials of local sports governing bodies and some 30 managers of the country's skiing resorts.
Skiing is witnessing a boom in Beijing and in China overall, where the number of resorts has increased dramatically over the past years. Additionally, Beijing's selection as host of the 2022 Winter Olympics has also sparked widespread interest in the sport.
However, safety sometimes takes a back seat to unbridled enthusiasm among skiers and profit among resorts, resulting in occasional overcrowding on the slopes.
Two tragic deaths of skiers in Zhangjiakou's skiing resorts last month have called attention to safety on the slopes. A 10-year-old Beijing boy died at the Thaiwoo Ski Resort in Zhangjiakou's Chongli, about a 4-hour drive from Beijing. The accident came less than 48 hours after another deadly accident on the slopes of Chongli as a Peking University graduate student was killed in an accident at Wanlong Ski Resort.
"Skiing is a sport with fun and danger as well. We must ganrantee the safety to make the development of the ski industry sustainable," said Gao.
BEIJING nike air max 97 italia , Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A senior IAAF official expressed his satisfaction with the preparation work for the 2015 Beijing World Championships following the coordination site visit which concluded here on Tuesday.
"With six months to go, the organizing committee are nearly ready. All is well prepared," said Helmut Digel, IAAF Council member and Chairman of IAAF Coordination Committee. "We were having a two-day meeting with the organizing committee and this meeting was very successful."
"The organizing committee is having a lot of good ideas. The opening ceremony of our championships will be very special," Digel said. "The spectators from all over the world will be having beautiful experiences in this metropolitan city of Beijing."
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Known as the "Bird's Nest", the National Stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics events of the 2008 Olympic Games.
"We are beginning our ticket launch at the end of march. And we will have a lot of activities to promote this outstanding event," Digel said. "Usain Bolt himself is going to be our ambassador as well as Yelena Isinbayeva, our famous pole vault hero."
The organizers had also selected seven Chinese track and field athletes to work as promotion ambassadors for the event, including Athens Olympic hurdling champion Liu Xiang air max 97 offerta , London Olympic race walking gold medalist Chen Ding as well as the rising long jumper Li Jinzhe, who finished second at the 2013 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
"To summarize, we are perfectly in time and the organizing committee are really working professionally. We believe these World Championships are going to be our biggest success," Digel added.
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"We have seen the attacks on hospitals and schools in Yemen and Afghanistan," he said. "We have seen the indiscriminate use of explosives in populated areas."
Around the world there is a decay in respect for human life during conflict, alongside deteriorating understanding of international humanitarian law, said Eliasson.
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One hundres and ninty-six countries have ratified the Geneva conventions of 1949, which include rules about the protection of civilians in war zones.
Over 70 UN member states and observers addressed the Security Council debate convened by Uruguay, which holds the rotating presidency of the council for the month of January.
Uruguay's Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs,Jose Luis Cancela told the council that escalating violence towards civilians in conflict has helped fuel the worst refugee crisis in history.
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Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) also addressed the council, calling for greater respect for existing humanitarian laws rather than creating new ones.
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The United Kingdom's Ambassador to the UN Peter Wilson said that new disturbing trends have emerged in the treatment of civilians during conflict.
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