IOC holds its Executive Board meeting, new members added
Havoc wreaked by Corona pandemic notwithstanding, many International Sports Federations (ISFs), including the parental body – International Olympic Committee – have continued to perform their mandatory or statutory duties and functions.
While the IOC and the ISFs are still trying to work out modalities for holding the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in July-August 2021, other sports bodies are busy in working their way out of the corona pandemic.
Efforts are being made to revive sports activity by taking all necessary or mandatory precautions. Still, restrictions and even the waning confidence of players and officials are coming in the way of early revival of sports activity at all levels.
The International Olympic Committee is holding its Executive Board meeting where a number of important issues are being discussed.
Interestingly, the 136th Session of the Internfollowing the proposal of the EB on 10 June. International Olympic Committee (IOC), the first-ever Session to be held by videoconference, has elected Mr John D. Coates and Mr Sen Miang Ng as Vice-Presidents, and Mkikaela Cojuangco Jaworski and Mr Gerardo Werthein as Members of its Executive Board (EB). The Session also elected five new members
Mr John D. Coates and Mr Ser Miang Ng will replace Professor Ugur Erdener and Mr Juan Antonio Samarnch as Vice-Presidents.
Mrs Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski and Mr Gerardo Werthein will replace Mr Sergei Bubka of Russia whose eight-year term on the Board came to an end, and Mr Ser Miang Ng, whose four-year term came to an end and who was elected Vice-President. Their terms of office will start at the end of the 136th IOC Session.
With this election, female representation on the EB has grown to 33.3 per cent. Also, the First Vice-President is a female, Ms Anita Defrantz.
The newly elected IOC Members include four Individual Members and one Member whose election is linked to a function within an International Federation (IF).
Individual Members:
- Mrs Maria de La Caridad Colon Ruenes (1958, Cuba)
- Mrs Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (1968, Croatia)
- Princess Reema Sandar Al-Saud (1975, Saudi Arabia)
- Mr Battushig Batbold (1986, Mongolia), as a
Member linked to a function within an IF
- Mr Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics (1956, Great Britain).
The addition of the five new Members brings the total number of IOC Members to 104.
With 39 women on board – representing 37.5 per cent of its membership versus 21.3 per cent in 2013 – the Session has demonstrated the IOC’s commitment to promoting gender equality within its leadership. This is a tangible result of the implementation of the Gender Equality Review Project’s governance-related recommendation. A few weeks ago, the IOC had announced the composition of its composition of its commissions for the 2020 with 47.7 per cent positions held by women, a concrete outcome of the Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms.
Re-elections
Three Members were re-elected for an additional eight years: Mrs Lingwei Li, Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant and Mrs Aicha Garad Ali.
Change of status and extension of term
IOC Member Mr William Frederick Blick also saw his status changed from Member representing an NOC (membership linked to his function as President of the NOC of Uganda) to Individual Member.
Additionally,MrZaiqing Yu, whose term of office was expected to end in December 2021 due to his reaching the age limit, had his term extended until the end of 2025. Also Read | Olympic Hockey: Indian men, women drawn to play New Zealand, the Netherlands in opening games
Honorary Member
Mrs Beatrice Allen, finishing her term of office at the end of 2020 due to reaching the age limit, was granted the status of IOC Honorary Member after having served as an IOC member for 14 years. -PTC News
