International Olympic Committee: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
}} | }} | ||
The International Olympic Committee is | '''The International Olympic Committee''' is the authority of the Olympic Movement, forging collaborations between different organizations within the Olympics, including the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Sports Federations (IFs), the athletes, the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), and more, including broadfcast partners and [[United Nations]] agencies. The goal of the Olympic Movement is to aid in building a more peaceful and beter world through the education of sport, free of discrimination and full of friendship and fairness.<ref>[http://www.olympic.org/about-ioc-institution About IOC], IOC.org. Retrieved 21 November 2012.]</ref> | ||
==International Olympic Committee & ICANN== | ==International Olympic Committee & ICANN== | ||
Revision as of 18:32, 21 November 2012
 | |
| Type: | Non-Profit |
| Founded: | 1894 |
| Headquarters: | Château de Vidy Case postale 356 1001 Lausanne |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Website: | olympic.org |
The International Olympic Committee is the authority of the Olympic Movement, forging collaborations between different organizations within the Olympics, including the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Sports Federations (IFs), the athletes, the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), and more, including broadfcast partners and United Nations agencies. The goal of the Olympic Movement is to aid in building a more peaceful and beter world through the education of sport, free of discrimination and full of friendship and fairness.[1]
International Olympic Committee & ICANN[edit | edit source]
At ICANN 43 in Costa Rica, the GNSO Council was slated to vote on a broadly-supported resolution that gave special trademark protections to the International Olympic Committee, and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent. Its approval which would have allowed for these organizations to apply for new gTLDs such as .olympic and .redcross, but its vote was delayed due to the nonapproval of the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group constituency group, who argued that special protections for the aforementioned organizations should not be allowed[2] and that the policies go against ICANN's tendency to be grow policies from community roots. They argued that the normal process was "circumvented" and that the International Olympic Committee and Red Cross went directly to national governments.[3]
The delay caused a scenario wherein the International Olympic Committee and Red Cross may have been banned from applying for new gTLDs until the second application round, possibly years later[2], but in March 2012, a new GNSO vote was scheduled due to the previous deferral.The resolution won by just one vote after six NCSG council members abstained, citing the same reasons as before. Even with the approval of the GNSO Council, the policy can only become law if approved by the ICANN Board and implemented by the staff via the Applicant Guidebook.[3]
References[edit | edit source]