INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS COMMITTEE

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS COMMITTEE

Subject : International Relations

Context : Olympic chief Thomas Bach has told athletes they should travel to Tokyo with “full confidence” that the delayed 2020 Games will be safe for competitors and not jeopardise the health of the Japanese people.

Concept :

• IOC was created on 23 June 1894. The first Olympic Games of the modern era opened in Athens on 6 April 1896.
• It is a not-for-profit independent international organisation.
• HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mandate:

• The IOC is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement and is responsible for organising the modern Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
• The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic Movement. As of 2016, there are 206 NOCs officially recognised by the IOC.