GENEVA Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 Ultra Essential , Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Delegations from the DPRK and South Korea will march together under the name "Korea" and the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony of the upcoming PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Saturday.


The announcement came from IOC President Thomas Bach after a four-party meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday that was attended by delegations from the National Olympic Committees (NOC) of the DPRK and South Korea, the organization committee of the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, and members of the IOC.


All parties signed the Olympic Korean Peninsula Declaration after the meeting Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 Ultra BR , which finalizes the necessary details of the DPRK's participation in the games.


The IOC will grant accreditations to 22 athletes from the DPRK who will compete in three sports and five disciplines, including figure skating, short track speed skating, cross country skiing, Alpine skiing, and in a united women's hockey team. Accreditations will also be given to 24 officials and 21 media representatives from the DPRK.


The IOC has approved that delegations from the two countries be marching together as one under the name "Korea" at the Opening Ceremony and led into the Olympic Stadium by the Korean Unification Flag Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 Leather , carried by two athletes from the two NOCs respectively. There will be one female and one male athlete flagbearer leading the delegation in a special uniform with the Korean Unification Flag.


In addition, for the first time in the Olympic history of the two countries, a unified women's ice hockey team will be created by adding 12 players and one official from the DPRK to the existing South Korean Olympic squad of 23 players, but it's up to the head coach from South Korea to select the players for each match.


The unified women's ice hockey team will be represented by the Korean Unification Flag and compete as Korea, with the anthem being the song "Arirang". In all other sports, the athletes will compete for their respective NOC in their respective uniforms.


In his speech after Saturday's meeting Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 Essential , IOC President Bach credited the day as a "milestone on a long journey," as the IOC has been addressing the special situation of having the Olympic Winter Games 2018 on the Korean peninsula.


The PyeongChang Games have "opened the door for peaceful dialogue on the Korean peninsula," and shown that "Olympic sport always builds bridges" and "never erects walls," Bach said.






STRASBOURG, France, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Despite "sufficient progress" Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 KPU , European Council President Donald Tusk told European lawmakers in Strasbourg on Tuesday that the most difficult part of the process was still to come.


"The hardest work is still ahead of us, and time is limited," Tusk said in his report to members of European Parliament (MEPs) on the outcomes of the December 2017 European Summit.


"We must maintain the unity of the EU27 in every scenario, and personally I have no doubt that we will," he said.


"If the UK government sticks to its decision to leave, Brexit will become a reality -- with all its negative consequences -- in March next year. Unless there is a change of heart among our British friends Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 Womens ," Tusk told lawmakers.


"What we need today is more clarity on the UK's vision," the European Council President said. "Once we have that, the leaders will meet and decide on the way the EU sees its future relationship with the UK as a third country."


Tusk appeared to offer hope to anti-Brexit campaigners, concluding his remarks by referencing the ability for a democracy to change its mind. "We, here on the continent, haven't had a change of heart. Our hearts are still open to you Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 Mens ," he said.


Tusk repeated his stance later with a tweet.


Also addressing MEPs in the same debate, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker echoed his European Council colleague, saying "Mr. Tusk said our door remains open, and I hope that will be heard clearly in London."


The discussion in Strasbourg, part of the European Parliament's January 2018 plenary session, came on the heels of a new round of Brexit negotiations launching on Monday evening.


European media have reported that leaked draft guidelines given to the EU's chief negotiator Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 Premium , Michel Barnier, include tough new stances on European citizens' rights, and continued EU regulations during the called-for transition period after March 2019, when Britain would become a third country.


Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's representative on Brexit issues, told MEPs on Tuesday morning that "We are coming to the most difficult part of this negotiation".


"We need rock solid guarantees" on citizens' rights Wholesale Nike Air Max 90 EZ , he said and later tweeted.


Verhofstadt also insisted that throughout the duration of the transition period, Britain would be required to observe EU law entirely, and that any procedure for the residency of European citizens could only begin at the conclusion of the transition period.


This appears to support leaks that the EU is demanding that any European citizen who moves to Britain before 2020 be given permanent residency rights.


"The European Parliament won't allow cherry-picking in the Brexit transition. All EU legislation, all EU policies will continue to apply. The only exception is that Britain will no longer be represented in the institutions that decide on legislation and policies," Verhofstadt said.


One of the most difficult issues embedded in the transition period relates to migration, with the EU reportedly demanding that its "freedom of movement" principle continue to apply during the transition period Wholesale Nike Air Max 2019 , which would block Britain from immediately introducing strict new controls on new arrivals to Britain.


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