INDEED, THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY WHERE GREECE AND FRANCE ALIKE HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS IS WELL VERSED IN THE VARIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATION. ITS HOSPITALITY IS PROVERBIAL, ITS RENOWN UNIVERSAL. THE WORK OF BALANCE AND BEAUTY THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE HAS STARTED AND DIRECTED THESE PAST TWENTY YEARS WILL CONTINUE PRODUCTIVELY HERE. IN THE PROUD AND INDEPENDENT ATMOSPHERE OF LAUSANNE, OLYMPISM WILL FIND GUARANTEES OF THE FREEDOM IT MUST ENJOY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.