MUSCAT: During the past two days, the first meeting of the Sub-Committees of the GCC National Olympic Committees was held in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. Recently the NOCs had formed Women's Sports Committee, Athletes Committee, Paralympic Committee and the Sports Committee.
The Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) was represented in the meetings by Sayyidah Sana bint Hamad al Busaidiyah, Chairwoman of Oman Women's Sports and Gender Equality Committee, and Dr Mansour bin Sultan al Touqi, OOC Board Member and Chairman of Oman Paralympic Committee, Asaad bin Mubarak al Hasani, Chairman of Oman Athletes Committee, and Dr Amer bin Humaid al Touqi, Director of the Sports Bodies Department at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, Member of the Sports Committee.
During the meetings, decisions to form the four sub-committees related to organising and following-up joint sports work were reviewed, and the organisational structure and internal system of the joint work bodies in the sports field was reviewed, which clarifies the progress of work in implementing the plans, goals and policies set by the heads of GCC NOCs. These bodies are the ministerial committees, the under-secretaries committee, the technical committees, the Sports Arbitration Committees and the General Secretariat.
The tasks of the sub-committees issued by the Executive Office were reviewed, their terms of reference were discussed, and some observations were submitted to the office for study, opinion and approval, in addition to reviewing the regulations for joint work in the sports field and discussing some parts related to the regulations of the sports tournament.
The Council of GCC NOCs heads adopted in its 34th meeting held last October the decision to dissolve the organising committees, and to form 4 sub-committees for organising and following up the joint sports action, represented by Sports Committee, Women’s Sports Committee, Athletes’ Committee and the Paralympic Committee, provided that it is linked directly to the Executive Office.
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