The International Olympic Committee (IOC) opened its four-day session on Tuesday in Peru, with president Thomas Bach saying the world needs more of the Olympic values of peace, respect and understanding.
In his opening speech in the capital of Lima, Bach said that with next year's Olympic Winter Games at Pyeongchang in South Korea, less than 100km from the North Korean border, it was an important moment to send an Olympic message to the world.
"Speaking now about different scenarios for the Olympic Winter Games would send the wrong message. It would be a message against our own belief in peace and diplomacy," Bach said.
"It would undermine the efforts of those who are working towards a diplomatic solution so that peace will prevail on the Korean Peninsula."
Bach said North Korean athletes had been offered support to take part in the Pyeongchang Olympics.
At the IOC session in Lima, which begins business on Wednesday, the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games awarded to Paris and Los Angeles respectively. The more than 100 IOC members will still be given brief presentations from the two cities on Wednesday.
Both cities were originally among several bidders for 2024 but were left as the only candidates after Boston, Budapest, Hamburg and Rome pulled out.
