(ATR) The United Nations and Olympic Museum are ready to receive the Olympic Flame on April 29.
The flame, now in the hands of Rio 2016, is travelling from Greece to Switzerland, where it will visit the home of the Olympics.
First, the flame will visit the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. It will attend a ceremony commemorating the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. In addition, the UN will receive the Olympic Cup from the IOC, celebrating the work the body has done to promote Olympic ideals worldwide.
UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon, IOC President Thomas Bach, Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Michael Møller, UN Secretary-General Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace Wilfred Lemke, and Brazilian Sports Minister Ricardo Leyser will attend the ceremony.
After visiting the UN, the flame will travel from Geneva to Lausanne to spend the rest of the day at the Olympic Museum. It is the first time the Olympic Flame will travel to Lausanne, the headquarters of the IOC and many international sport federations.
When reaching Lausanne, the flame will travel by rowboat on Lake Geneva to the museum where it will be remain for the rest of the afternoon.
Barnabé Delarze, a Swiss rower qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio, will carry the flame from the boat to the museum, where a cauldron will be lit after a short ceremony.
The flame will burn at the Olympic Museum until May 2 when it will journey to Brazil for the start of the Brazilian legs of the Olympic Torch Relay.
On May 3 the flame will arrive in Brasilia, where top Brazilian athletes will be waiting for the flame. President Dilma Rousseff is expected to launch the Brazilian relay.
Written by Aaron Bauer in Geneva
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