The 141st IOC Session was held in Mumbai.
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NOC; Tehran: On its first day of meetings in Mumbai, India, the 141st Session
of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) received the first report from the
newly created IOC Advisory Committee on Human Rights. Dr. Nonthasoot updated
the IOC Members on the progress made in the year since the IOC’s Strategic
Framework on Human Rights was approved by the IOC Executive Board (EB) soon
after the 139th IOC Session.
The
International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has been granted full
recognition by the 141st IOC Session in Mumbai, India, following the proposal
made by the IOC Executive Board (EB) in March 2023. On the other hand; additional
wording has been included in the Fundamental Principles of Olympism as an
overarching commitment to the respect for human rights, specifically in
Fundamental Principles of Olympism 1 and 4. The change is a result of the work
by the Legal Affairs Commission and its consultation with the Advisory
Committee on Human Rights.
Highlighting
that more people are getting ready for the Games every day, positive energy
around the project can be felt across its main pillars: celebration, engagement
and legacy. Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet said: “France is committed as
never before. There is an enormous amount of energy from all the stakeholders
in our country, and there is a lot of interest in the Paris 2024 Games”. Milano
Cortina 2026, LA28 and Brisbane 2032 provided updates to IOC Session on
progress of their games preparations.
Elections
for the two open positions were held separately at the end of the second day,
with Coventry withdrawing from the first vote to enable Prince Feisal to secure
a second term with 71 votes for and eight against, with three abstentions.
Prince Feisal has been an IOC member since 2010. In addition to his Executive
Board role, he is head of the Working Group on Safeguarding and deputy chair of
the Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commission. Coventry was unopposed
for the second Executive Board position, elected by 71 votes to nine, with two
abstentions. It marks a return to the Executive Board for the Zimbabwean Sports
Minister, who held an ex-officio position on it from 2018 to 2021 through her
role as chair of the IOC Athletes' Commission. Coventry is also chair of the
Coordination Commissions for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and the Dakar 2026
Youth Olympics, and heading up the Games Optimization Working Group.
A
movement for Thomas Bach to be allowed to remain as President of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) after his current term ends in 2025 was
launched, too. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has
acknowledged term limits are "necessary", but did not rule out an
Olympic Charter amendment which would allow him to run again in 2025. Bach did
not reject proposals in his response, thanking them for their comments but
insisting he was loyal to the Olympic Charter. The IOC President largely opted
for the same line today after the second day of the IOC Session, and while
expressing support for the principle of term limits, he vowed the proposals
would be resolved privately first.
Source: IOC website