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IOC; 131st IOC Session Lima – Schedule of Events

Catedral de Lima. Photo by Art DiNo on Flickr. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Monday 11 September

Time Event
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. IOC Executive Board meeting

 

Tuesday 12 September

Time Event
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. IOC Executive Board meeting

 

Wednesday 13 September

Time Event
9 – 10:30 a.m. IOC Session
• Welcome by the IOC President with minute of silence
• Approval and signature of the minutes of the 129 th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro and of the 130th IOC Session in Lausanne
• Report by the IOC President

Reports on the activities of the Coordination Commissions and the OCOGs:
• Tokyo 2020 – Report by the Organising Committee and the Chairman of the Coordination Commission, John Coates
11.10 – 11.30 a.m. Vice President’s Working Group presents the Tripartite Agreement followed by Q&A
11.30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Evaluation Commission 2028 presents report followed by Q&A
12 – 1 p.m. City presentations (25 min each)
• Presentation by Paris 2024
• Presentation by Los Angeles 2028
1 p.m. Ratification of the Tripartite Agreement
Immediately afterwards Signature of the respective Host City Contracts
2.30 – 6 p.m. IOC Session

Reports on the activities of the Coordination Commissions and the OCOGs:
• PyeongChang 2018 – Report by the Organising Committee and the Chair of the Coordination Commission, Gunilla Lindberg
• Beijing 2022 – Report by the Organising Committee and the Chairman of the Coordination Commission, Alexander Zhukov
• Buenos Aires 2018 – Report by the Organising Committee and the Chair of the Coordination Commission, Lingwei Li
• Lausanne 2020 – Report by the Organising Committee and the Chair of the Coordination Commission, Danka Bartekova
• Shaping the future of the YOG – Report by the Chair of the Advisory Committee, Mr Ugur Erdener

 

Thursday 14 September

Time Event
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. IOC Session

• Keynote speech by H.E. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, President of Peru

Governance
• Ethics – including the election of the Chair, Vice Chair and members of the IOC Ethics Commission
• Audit Committee

2.30 – 6 p.m. Update on the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020 – midway through

 

Friday 15 September

Time Event
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. IOC Session

• Reports by IOC Commissions
• World Anti-Doping Agency
• International Council of Arbitration for Sport

Report on the Activities of the IOC Administration:
• Sports programme of the Games of the Olympiad 2024
• Games Management 2020

2.30 – 6 p.m. • Host City of the IOC Session in 2019
• Olympic Refuge

 

Saturday 16 September

Time Event
9 – 12 p.m. IOC Session

• Members
o Re-election of IOC Members
o Election of new IOC Members
o Election of one Vice-President and two Members of the IOC Executive Board
o Election of IOC Honorary Members and Member of Honour

• Proposals from members

• Next meeting
o 132nd IOC Session in PyeongChang – 6- 8 February 2018
o Olympism in Action Forum – 6-8 October 2018
o YOG – 133rd Session in Buenos Aires
• Miscellaneous

 

Source: The International Olympic Committee. Please note all times are local times and subject to change.

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2024 Bid; Los Angeles agree to host 2028 Olympic Games – Reactions

 

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said: “Today we take a major step toward bringing the Games back to our city for the first time in a generation and begin a new chapter in Los Angeles’ timeless Olympic story.”

Casey Wasserman, chairman of the bid committee,  said: “This opportunity is unprecedented. From every vantage point – sports, infrastructure, social programs, finance – it is a big win for Los Angeles.”

IOC President Thomas Bach said:  “The IOC welcomes this decision of the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Candidature Committee. and we are pleased to release the Host City contract 2028 in a transparent and timely manner.”

Sir Philip Craven, IPC President, said: “The whole Paralympic Movement welcomes the decision by Los Angeles to put themselves forward to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, said: “Paris and Los Angeles are two amazing global cities that are united in their support of the Olympic cause and we stand together now to help the Games thrive in 2024 and 2028.”

Tony Estanguet, Co-Chair of Paris 2024, said: “Paris 2024 is proud to be working together with the IOC and our friends in Los Angeles to reach a positive solution for both cities, the Games and the whole Olympic Movement for 2024 and 2028.”

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2024 Bid; Los Angeles agree to host 2028 Olympic Games

Photo: Sergei Gussev on Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

 

Press release by the International Olympic Committee:

Los Angeles Declares Candidature for Olympic Games 2028 – IOC to contribute USD 1.8 billion to the local Organising Committee

In line with Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC is pleased to release today the Host City Contract 2028 following the declaration of candidature by the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Candidature Committee for the Olympic Games 2028. In it, the IOC stipulates that it will make contributions to the Organising Committee representing an overall estimated value of USD 1.8 billion.

In comparison to the Host City Contract 2024, the IOC is making two major changes: the IOC will advance funds to a Los Angeles Organising Committee in view of the longer planning period and to increase participation and access to youth sports programmes in the City of Los Angeles in the years leading up to the Games.

 

Read the full press release here.

 

Download the Host City Contract 2028 here.

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IOC; IOC Members receive a commemorative part of the old headquarters

IOC International Olympic Committee / Lausanne Switzerland – Photo by hjalmarGD on Flickr. – (CC BY-SA 2.0)

International Olympic Committee director general Christophe de Kepper said:

You would have find on your desk a commemorative object. Which is in line, and is be designed with our sustainabilty commitments. 97% Of all material of the former IOC buildings have been recycled or re-used thanks to innovitive approaches. This object has been made from 100% re-used materials from the main entrance of the former IOC building. It is aimed at being a bridge, or symbolising a bridge, between the former and the future.

 

Last April, I visited the construction site of the new IOC headquarters. You can read more here.

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2024 Bid; 130th IOC Session: The day after

Reactions on the approved plan for Paris and Los Angeles to be jointly awarded the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games;

 

Los Angeles 2024

“This is a proud day for Los Angeles and for the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in America.

We’re thrilles with the IOC’s decision today, which is a major step forward in making LA’s Olympic Dream a reality.

Today, two of the world’s greatest cities, with outstanding but different proposals, stand ready to serve and advance the Olympic and Paralympic movements and their values. We look forward to working with the IOC and Paris in the weeks ahead to turn this golden opportunity into a golden future together.”

 

 

 

Statement by United States Olympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Scott Blackmun:

“Today’s decision by the IOC is historic and welcome. We look forward to working with our partners in LA, our friends in Paris, and the IOC administration to make the dream of bringing the Games back to the United States a reality.”

 

Paris 2024

 

 

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IOC; Session votes in support of joint awarding of 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games

Today the IOC membership approved the following proposal:

“Recognising the exceptional circumstances and unique opportunities presented by the candidatures of Los Angeles and Paris for the Olympic Games 2024, the International Olympic Committee takes the following decision:

1. To authorise the IOC Executive Board to conclude a tripartite agreement with Los Angeles and Paris and their respective NOCs for the simultaneous election of the host cities of the Olympic Games 2024 and 2028 during the 131st IOC Session in Lima;

2. Should such tripartite agreement be concluded, the 131st IOC Session will ratify the tripartite agreement, thereby electing one city for the Olympic Games 2024 and the other city for the Olympic Games 2028. To that effect, the 130th IOC Session hereby waives the seven-year deadline set out in Rule 33.2 of the Olympic Charter; and

3. Should such tripartite agreement not be concluded, the 131st IOC Session will proceed with the election of the host city 2024 in accordance with the current election procedure.”

 

You can read the full press release here.

 

 

Press conference

IOC president Thomas Bach said:

“This is an golden opportunity for today, but it is of really great importance for the future of the Olympic Games because ensuring stability of the Olympic Games for 11 years is really, in our world, something extraordinary.”

“This is why we think that today this is a great day therefore the Olympic games and for the Olympic Movement. It is a great day also for this wonderful cities.”

“This is really a win-win-win situation for everybody.”

 

About the timeframe of the agreement Thomas Bach said:

“We will start right away. We will have a diner tonight and maybe we will already start talking over diner. But not forget to celebrate a little a bit.”

“I Have already appointed the Evaluation Commission for 2028 so that in fact from tomorrow on we can start discussing. But what we also have to respect are off course procedures to be followed in the two cities. So if you ask me I hope in August we could be there if everything is going well.”

 

Eric Garcetti (Mayor of Los Angeles) said:

“In the past we have looked at the Olympics as when we bid it is a winner take all. There is no silver medal when you bid. But maybe the better metaphor is, in Olympic history we have actually had 37 times which there has been a tie for a golden medal. And maybe today is the 38 time.”

“For Los Angeles it is a golden opportunity. One that we don’t take lightly.”

“I want to thank the people of my city. The Angelinos who have believed in the Olympics for over a century. For the first time in a generation we are going to bring you an Olympics home. For my daughter, for your children en grand children; They will experience what the magic of that experience is. They will see what it means to have the world in our backyard.”

 

Anne Hidalgo (Mayor of Paris) said:

“I am fully committed with the Paris team to putting all my energy, our creativity and my resolve into reaching an agreement for Paris to experience once again this Olympic adventure that it has been longing for for 100 years.”