Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee explained

Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee
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Country:Burkina Faso
Code:BUR
Recognized:1972
Association:ANOCA
Headquarters:Ouagadougou
President:Jean-Pascal Kinda
Secretary General:Christian Yves Zongo

Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité National Olympique et des Sports Burkinabè) (IOC code: BUR) is the National Olympic Committee representing Burkina Faso. It was created on 10 June 1965 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in February 1972.

History

The committee was founded on 10 June 1965 as the Upper Volta National Olympic Committee (French: Comité National Olympique Voltaïque)[1] and was recognised at the 72nd Session of the IOC at Sapporo, Japan in February 1972.[2]

At the October 1982 meeting of the IOC Executive in Lausanne, Switzerland it was unanimously considered the fundamental rules of the Olympic Charter governing the activities and conduct of National Olympic Committees to have been transgressed in Upper Volta. The executive decided to provisionally suspend the Committee.[3] At the 86th Session of the IOC at New Delhi, India in 1983, the suspension was lifted.[4]

In 1984, with the change of the nation's name to Burkina Faso, the committee changed its name to the Burkinabé National Olympic and Sports Council (French: Conseil National Olympique et des Sports Burkinabè).[5]

Former Presidents

See also

Notes and References

  1. July–August 1979. Upper Volta and Olympism. Olympic Review. 141. 443. International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2013.
  2. February–March 1972. Summary of the 72nd session of the International Olympic Committee. Olympic Review. 53–54. 74. International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2013. 7 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101207172943/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1972/ore53/ore53f.pdf. dead.
  3. November 1982. October meetings in Lausanne. Olympic Review. 181. 638. International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2013.
  4. April 1983. The 86th Session Decisions. Olympic Review. 186. 199. International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2013.
  5. November 1984. Olympic Committees. Olympic Review. 205. 888. International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2013.