The Special Olympics will be held in Washington, USA.
The Paralympic Games first appeared in Rome in 1960. Participants are only physically disabled, especially those with spinal disabilities. When the Fifth Paralympic Games was held in Toronto, Canada from 65438 to 0976, the blind and amputees also joined in. People feel it is necessary to establish an international sports organization for the disabled. After discussion, the International Sports Coordinating Committee for the Disabled (ICC) was established in March 1982+0 1. At first, the organization was composed of CP-ISRA, IBSA, ISMGF, ISWMSF and ISOD. 1986 added the International Sports Committee for the Deaf (CISS) and the International Sports Association for the Mentally Handicapped (INAS-FMH). This is a loose agreement organization, and the heads of six participating organizations take turns to serve as chairmen, with a rotation period of six months. The International Sports Coordination Committee for the Disabled has received strong support from the International Sports Foundation for the Disabled (IFSD), which is headquartered in the Netherlands. In view of the need for stronger international organizations for disabled sports, with the active support of the International Disabled Sports Foundation, 1989 The above six organizations of the International Disabled Sports Coordination Committee established the International Paralympic Committee. There are 16 1 member associations.
The task of IPC is to form an international organization representing disabled athletes, grant the right to host the Paralympic Games, supervise and assist the Games, assist and supervise the world and regional competitions in which the events recognized by IPC are officially listed, coordinate the international and regional competition schedules of disabled athletes, respect the sports technical needs of various disabled groups, and integrate disabled sports into international sports while maintaining their characteristics; Communicate with the IOC and other international sports organizations, support and encourage all kinds of education and rehabilitation programs and promotion activities that help to achieve their goals, oppose any discrimination against disabled people in sports because of political, religious, economic, ability, gender or social reasons, and expand opportunities for disabled people to participate in sports and improve their performance.
The highest authority of the organization is the Congress, which is held at least once every two years. A member association can send six representatives to attend the meeting, and the number of votes depends on the number of disabled groups in the association, with a maximum of six votes. Each of the six founding organizations has six votes. The Executive Committee consists of officials (chairman, two vice-chairmen, secretary-general, treasurer, medical officer, technical officer and three members), six regional representatives, 65,438+0 representatives of athletes and 65,438+0 representatives of six founding organizations.
The organization has sports technology department, sports science and medicine department, finance and market Committee, athletes Committee, development Committee, law Committee and regional Committee. The current chairman is Canadian Stewart.