French President Emmanuel Macron and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach called on Monday for a global truce during the upcoming Paris Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

Speaking at the opening ceremony for the 142nd IOC Session in Paris, Macron called for an Olympic Truce during the Games in the French capital.

The host country's head of state noted that France has been working with the IOC to make Paris 2024 a moment of "peace, true and hope."

"The Games will begin and the Truce will start," Macron declared.

IOC President Bach talked up the Olympic Values of solidarity, equality and human dignity for all.

"We can manage to bring the entire world together in peace," he said, referring to the Olympic Truce Mural set up in the Olympic Village by athletes from around the world.

A Resolution on the Observance of the Olympic Truce for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 was formally adopted by the United Nations in November 2023, calling for an Olympic Truce to be respected from seven days before the start of the Olympics until seven days after the end of the Paralympics.

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics will be held from July 26 to August 11, while the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics take place from August 28 to September 8.