International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Comité international olympique (CIO)
Comité Olimpico Internacional
Internationaal Olympisch Komitee (IOK)
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Founded
1894-06-23 Paris France
History
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Raise awareness of and spread the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect; encourage coordination, organization and development of sport and sports competitions; cooperate with competent public and private organizations and authorities in endeavouring to place sport at the service of humanity; ensure regular celebration of the Olympic Games; combat any form of discrimination affecting the Olympic Movement; support and encourage promotion of sports ethics; ensure that the spirit of fair play prevails in sport and that violence is banned; combat doping in sport; take measures to protect the health of clean athletes; oppose any political or commercial abuse of sport or athletes; encourage development of sport for all as part of the foundation of high-level sport, which in turn contributes to development of sport for all; ensure that Olympic Games are held in conditions demonstrating responsible concern for environmental issues; support the International Olympic Academy (IOA) and other institutions devoted to Olympic education.
Events
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Cooperation agreements with:
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
- Links with: Conférence des ministres de la jeunesse et des sports de la Francophonie (CONFEJES)
- Links with: European Commission (EC)
- Links with: International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Links with: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Links with: International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL (ICPO-INTERPOL)
- Links with: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
- Links with: Organization of American States (OAS)
- Links with: United Nations (UN)
- Links with: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
- Links with: Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- Links with: World Food Programme (WFP)
- Links with: World Trade Organization (WTO)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Organizations recognized by IOC are subdivided into the following categories:
1/ International Sports Federations (IFs) (39):
- B-XB0135 - Badminton World Federation (BWF)
- B-XB1807 - Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI)
- B-XB2051 - Fédération internationale d'escrime (FIE)
- B-XB1154 - Fédération internationale de basketball (FIBA)
- B-XB2094 - Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG)
- B-XC2465 - Fédération internationale de ski et de snowboard (FIS)
- B-XB2804 - Fédération internationale de volleyball (FIVB)
- B-XB0001 - International Biathlon Union (IBU)
- D-XC1401 - International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF)
- B-XC1442 - International Canoe Federation (ICF)
- B-XB1856 - International Federation of Association Football
- D-XM3326 - International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)
- B-XB4626 - International Golf Federation (IGF)
- B-XB2098 - International Handball Federation (IHF)
- B-XB2103 - International Hockey Federation
- B-XC2116 - International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
- B-XB2178 - International Judo Federation (IJF)
- C-XC2236 - International Luge Federation (FIL)
- B-XB2460 - International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
- C-XC2464 - International Skating Union (ISU)
- C-XE3778 - International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF)
- C-XD9165 - International Surfing Association (ISA)
- B-XB2611 - International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
- B-XB2190 - International Tennis Federation (ITF)
- B-XB2809 - International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)
- B-XB1779 - Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
- B-XB1163 - United World Wrestling (UWW)
- B-XB1161 - World Aquatics
- B-XB1170 - World Archery
- B-XB1153 - World Athletics
- C-XD7790 - World Curling
- C-XC0021 - World DanceSport Federation (WDSF)
- B-XB2346 - World Pentathlon (UIPM)
- B-XB2424 - World Rowing
- B-XB0002 - World Rugby
- B-XB2824 - World Sailing
- C-XC2421 - World Skate
- B-XB4383 - World Taekwondo
- D-XD6600 - World Triathlon
2/ Recognized federations (35):
- D-XD1974 - Federación Internacional de Pelota Vasca (FIPV)
- B-XB1140 - Fédération aéronautique internationale (FAI)
- B-XB1386 - Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)
- B-XC2270 - Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)
- C-XD6480 - Fédération internationale de SAMBO (FIAS)
- B-XB3482 - Fédération internationale des échecs (FIDE)
- D-XD1555 - Federation of International Bandy (FIB)
- C-XD3588 - Federation of International Polo (FIP)
- B-XB6056 - International Bowling Federation (IBF)
- B-XM4458 - International Cheer Union (ICU)
- C-XC1774 - International Cricket Council (ICC)
- D-XD9640 - International Federation Icestocksport (IFI)
- B-XD9365 - International Federation of American Football (IFAF) (provisional)
- D-XM2770 - International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA)
- D-XD3678 - International Floorball Federation (IFF)
- B-XD9162 - International Korfball Federation (IKF)
- B-XC0121 - International Life Saving Federation (ILS)
- C-XC1969 - International Orienteering Federation (IOF)
- C-XD7660 - International Racquetball Federation (IRF)
- C-XC0091 - International Sumo Federation (IFS)
- B-XC0151 - International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation (IWWF)
- C-XD4119 - International Wushu Federation (IWUF)
- C-XD3647 - Tug of War International Federation (TWIF)
- B-XC2684 - Union internationale des associations d'alpinisme (UIAA)
- C-XC3355 - Union internationale Motonautique (UIM)
- D-XD4563 - World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO)
- B-XJ9416 - World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)
- B-XB3952 - World Bridge Federation (WBF)
- B-XB0059 - World Confederation of Billiards Sports (WCBS)
- C-XC0377 - World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF)
- C-XC0123 - World Karate Federation (WKF)
- C-XJ1868 - World Lacrosse
- B-XC5504 - World Netball (WN)
- B-XC2586 - World Squash Federation (WSF)
- B-XB3589 - World Underwater Federation
3/ Sports on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games programme (4):
- D-XM3326 - International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)
- C-XD9165 - International Surfing Association (ISA)
- C-XC2421 - World Skate
- World DanceSport Federation
4/ Governing Bodies (6):
- F-XF0590 - Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
- A-XA4499 - International Fair Play Committee
- B-XE1373 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- F-AA3048 - International Testing Agency (ITA)
- F-XF5737 - World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
- D-XD5268 - World Olympians Association (WOA)
5/ IF Associations (4):
- C-XM4778 - Alliance of Independent recognised Members of Sport (AIMS)
- E-XD8400 - Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)
- E-XF0630 - Association of the International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF)
- E-XE3330 - Association of the IOC Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF)
6/ NOC Associations (8):
- B-XB3109 - Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC)
- D-XD1525 - Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA)
- D-XD8566 - Centro Caribe Sports
- D-XD3358 - European Olympic Committees (EOC)
- D-XD1469 - Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC)
- D-XD4467 - Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
- D-XD3074 - Panam Sports Organization (Panam Sports)
- D-XD1703 - South American Sports Organization (SASO)
7/ Recognized bodies in the field of education/dissemination of the Olympic ideal/Fair Play (6):
- E-XE2828 - Comité international Pierre de Coubertin (CIPC)
- A-XA4499 - International Fair Play Committee
- B-XB1769 - International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER-SD)
- E-XD7008 - International Olympic Academy (IOA)
- C-XD4243 - Panathlon International (PI)
- D-XD6904 - Pan-Iberican Association of Olympic Academies
8/ Recognized multi-sports organizations and events / Sport for all (15):
- E-XE1933 - Committee of the International Children's Games (CICG)
- C-XC0198 - Commonwealth Sport
- B-XB2262 - Conseil international du sport militaire (CISM)
- B-XD0537 - Fédération Internationale Sport pour Tous (FISpT)
- E-XE0257 - International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG)
- B-XB1834 - International Federation of Physical and Sport Education
- C-XE0222 - International Masters Games Association (IMGA)
- D-XD5724 - International Police Sports Union
- C-XD9168 - International School Sport Federation (ISF)
- D-XD4172 - International Sporting Federation of Catholic Schools
- B-XB2799 - International University Sports Federation (FISU)
- C-XD2818 - International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation
- E-XE4001 - International World Games Association (IWGA)
- B-XD2173 - The Association for International Sport for All (TAFISA)
- C-XJ8929 - World Transplant Games Federation (WTGF)
9/ Recognized organizations in the field of disabled sport (3):
- B-XC1624 - International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD)
- B-XE1373 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- F-XF0277 - Special Olympics International (SOI)
10/ Recognized organizations in the field of sports medicine and sciencees (4):
- E-XE4223 - European College of Sport Science (ECSS)
- H-XD6687 - International Association for Non-Violent Sport (IANVS)
- B-XB1757 - International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE)
- B-XD2013 - International Federation of Sports Medicine
11/ Recognized organizations in the field of sports equipment and facilities (2):
- B-XB4245 - Internationale Vereinigung Sport- und Freizeiteinrichtungen (IAKS)
- C-XD0565 - World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI)
12/ Recognized organizations in the field of Media - Information (6):
- Agence France Presse
- B-XB2583 - Association internationale de la presse sportive (AIPS)
- E-XE3985 - International Association for Sports Information (IASI)
- D-XD5357 - International Sporting Cinema and Television Federation (FICTS)
- The Associated Press
- Thomson Reuters
13/ Other Recognized Organizations (12):
- D-XD6349 - European Non-Governmental Sports Organization (ENGSO)
- D-XD5815 - Federazione Internazionale Cronometristi (FIC)
- F-XF3298 - Fondation internationale Olympafrica (FINO)
- U-XN4174 - Generations for Peace (GFP)
- E-XJ3006 - International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC)
- E-XD5215 - International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH)
- Office of the Permanent Observer for the International Committee to the United Nations
- F-AA3052 - Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF)
- E-XJ1231 - Right to Play International
- D-XD5268 - World Olympians Association (WOA)
- E-XM6260 - World Union of Olympic Cities
- Instrumental in setting up: International Academy of Sport Science and Technology
- Instrumental in setting up: International Olympic Truce Centre (IOTC)
- Instrumental in setting up: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
- Links with: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Links with: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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