Oman Olympic Committee attends ANOC General Assembly Seoul 2022

The Oman Olympic Committee participated in the 26th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which was held in South Korea from October 19-21.

The meeting was attended by representatives of 187 National Olympic Committees in the capital, Seoul, and the participation of representatives of 16 committees via social networking. The opening was attended by Yoon Seok-yeol, President of the Republic of South Korea, and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, and representatives of international and continental federations and the organizing committees of the tournaments. The upcoming Olympic sports and the 2nd Anok Beach Games to be held next year in Bali, Indonesia. Khalid bin Muhammad Al-Zubair, Chairman of the Committee, headed the delegation of the Oman Olympic Committee, accompanied by Taha bin Sulaiman Al-Kushari, Secretary-General.

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol opened the 26th ANOC General Assembly last Wednesday at the Seoul Convention and Exhibition Center with a speech in which he thanked the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and all the National Olympic Committees for their great efforts to keep the Olympic spirit alive, especially in the years He stressed that South Korea shares the values ​​set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in achieving independence and solidarity through sport.

He noted that South Korea had previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and is preparing to host the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon.

For his part, Dr. Robin Mitchell, Acting President of ANOC said that representatives of about 200 National Olympic Committees participated in the meetings of the General Assembly, and President of the Korean Olympic Committee Lee Ki-hyung mentioned in his speech that it is the third time that Seoul hosts the meetings of the General Assembly of ANOC after two years. 1986 AD and 2006 AD, and the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, gave a brief speech in which he pointed out that Seoul is a great Olympic city, and called on all the National Olympic Committees to join hands and stand united together to advance the Olympic movement.

During the 3-day meetings, the Board of Directors of the Federation of National Olympic Committees was elected for the new term (2022-2026), where His Excellency Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, won the position of First Vice President of ANOC, and Robin Mitchell was recommended as President of the Federation. .

During the meeting, the minutes of the twenty-fifth meeting of the federation, which was held in Greece last year, were approved. The president of ANOC and the Secretary-General also reviewed reports on the latest news and recent developments of the federation. It also reviewed a report from the World Anti-Doping Agency, and reports from the organizing committees of the upcoming Olympics represented in the 24th Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing this year, the 2023 World Beach Games, the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the 25th Winter Olympics in Italy. 2026. On the second day of the meetings, an awards ceremony was held in which the best athletes, sports teams and distinguished Olympic committees for the past year 2021 were honored. The jury consisted of representatives from each of the continental federations, the Chairman of the Athletes Committee, the Secretary General of ANOC, and the President of the Asian Football Confederation.