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Winter Olympics Salt Lake City Composition of Party WINTER OLYMPICS SALT LAKE CITY 7-10 February 2002 COMPOSITION OF PARTY 1. The Secretary-General 2. Mrs. Annan 3. Kevin S. Kennedy (Trip Captain) 4. Michael McCann 5. Bernard Robinson 6. William Ball 7. Annika Savill 8. Stephane Dujarric de la Riviere 9. Anna Janowska 10. Evan Schneider Programme Visit by the Secretary-General and Mrs. Annan to Salt Lake City Opening of the XlXth Winter Olympic Games Thursday 7 February 1440 Depart New York (Delta 179 from JFK) 1750 Arrive Salt Lake City 1900 Review programme Friday 8 February 0900 Breakfast with IOC President and Mrs. Rogge (at hotel) 1000 Mrs. Annan visits exhibition: "Women Beyond Borders " (TEC) Art Access Gallery 1030 [Meeting with Mr. Lubbers, HCR TBC] 1100 Meeting with Adolf Ogi, Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace (at hotel) 1130 Open 1130 [Mrs. Annan returns to Hotel. Time TBC] 1315 Depart Hotel for State House 1400 "World Leaders' Reception" hosted by Governor Mike Leavitt in honour of President Bush 1500 Return to Hotel 1530 [Courtesy call by Mr. Samaranch at Hotel TBC] 1715 Departure from Hotel for Rice Eccles Stadium 1800 Opening ceremony of XIX Winter Olympic Games 2100 Opening ceremony concludes, return to hotel Saturday 9 February 0930 Depart Hotel 0950 Statement to Olympic Aid Forum at Little Theatre, Church of Latter Day Saints Conference Centre 1020 [SG Departs Olympic Aid Forum] [Mrs. Annan remains at Forum TBC] 1030 [Meeting with Church Hierarchy, Church of Latter Day Saints TBC] 1100 Depart Church of Latter Day Saints headquarters 1100 [Mrs. Annan departs Olympic Aid event] 1115 Return to Hotel 7/75 Mrs. Annan returns to Hotel 1215 Depart Hotel for Utah Olympic Oval 1245 Join IOC President Rogge to view Men's 5000m Speed Skating at Utah Olympic Oval 1315 Luncheon with IOC President and Executive Committee members at Speed Skating venue 1430 Luncheon ends, Depart for Olympic Village 1500 Visit to Olympic Village Tour village with Olympic Village Mayor, athletes, IOC officials; possible press encounter in International Zone on departure 1600 Depart Olympic Village 1640 Return to Hotel 1930 Departure from Hotel for Salt Lake Ice Center 2000 View competition: Pairs Figure Skating at Salt Lake Ice Center [Dinner arrangements TBC] 2130 Return to hotel Sunday 10 February 0900 Depart Hotel for Salt Lake City airport 0930 Depart Salt Lake City for New York by private aircraft 1600 Arrive Teterborough INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ORGANISATION - STRUCTURES Page 1 of 1 OQp ORGANISATION 4 IOC > JACQUES ROGGE ATHLETES JACQUES ROGGE j Ask aque SPORTS The International Olympic Committee is the supreme authority of the OLYMPIC GAMES Olympic Movement PASSION INTERNA- NEWS PRESIDENT OF THE IOC SINCE 2001 OLYMPIC Jacques Rogge is the eighth IOC President, Organisatii elected on 16 July 2001 at the 112th IOC President Session in Moscow. Members Born on 2 May 1942 in Ghent, Belgium, Executive I Jacques Rogge is married and has two Administra children. By profession, he is an orthopaedic surgeon and former sports medicine lecturer. In the course of his sports career, he competed in the yachting competitions (Finn class) at the Games of the Olympiad in Mexico in 1968, Munich in 1972 and Montreal in 1976, becoming world champion once, vice-champion twice and Belgian national champion sixteen times. He was also a member of the Belgian national rugby squad on ten different occasions. Chef de mission at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck and Calgary and at the Games of the Olympiad in Moscow, Los Angeles and Seoul, he subsequently served as President of the Belgian National Olympic Committee from 1988 to 1992. He became President of the European National Olympic Committees in 1989. Becoming an IOC Member in 1991 then Executive Board member in 1998, Jacques Rogge played an important role as Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Sydney Games. In this section: (Jacques Rogge Home | Frangais | Newsletters | Documents Site map | Help | Credits | Legal information © IOC 2002. All rights reserved. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/ioc/presidents/rogge uk.asp 01/02/2002 17/0,7 01 MAR 18:46 FAX ^4122 917 02 84 INFORMATI ON-DIRE CTION 17 JU!L. 2001 Tribune de Geneve Avec Jacques Rogge, le CIO va lutter contre le dopage et le gigantisme • Ne pas capftuler • Elu a la presidence, le chirurgien • DBSleux face au dopage a taille humaine beige s'installera a Lausanne. Jacques Rogge entend lutter de Tnisident de la coordination du toutes ses forces contre le dopage. • Le successeur de Samaranch veut CIO avec les arganisateurs des JO combattre Tinflation des Jeux, ; Pas question de capituler face a ce de Sydney 2000, Jacques Rogge a fleaii. La fabrication programmes • H entend aussi poursuivre la lutte eu XUt le loisir de s'interroger de- des athletes, la reutabilisation des contre le dopage avec transparence van t la demesure d'une organisa- I investissements qu'elle exige, favo- tion in comparaison de laquellc la risent la tricherie. MalgrS la so- j MOSCOU r^ucion de 200 chefs d'Etat a phistication et la multiplication PiEltRENUSSLE 1'ONU ressenible a une aimable des moyens de de"pistage, la lutte uan Antonio Samaranch adore . contre le dopage echappe encore parti 3 de campagne. «Les JO sont trop souvent 4 la vigilance des les symboles. II a voulu quitter la arrives a ce qu'il £tait humaLiie- scene olympique dans la £a- cpntroleurs. Le Beige a occupe la J me:ii possible de realiser sur les vice-presidence de la commission Itieuse salle des Colonnes a Mos- pla..l:: du transport, du logenrent et m^dicale du CIO. II connait bien cou, la ou vingt et un ans plus tSt, de li technologies, explique le Lord KUlanin lui avait transmis le Belgi:. Car tous les chiffres sont a temoin a la tete du CIO. Une cere- le dossier. II refuse d'adrnettre les la hi usse. Les athletes: ils Staient actuelles faiblesses et le retard ac- monie pleine d'emotion et surtout 94CIC - pour 257 epreuves — a un grand triomphe pour le Catalan i cumule dans ce domaine. «Per- Bai c;lDne. A Sydney, ces chiffres sonne. ne veut comprendre que qui a reussi en quelques jours a faire aVEiint gonfl6 pour atterndre elire Pelcin pour les JO 2008 et son nous ne pouvons agir si nous ne 12 DUO pour 300 podiums, soit sommes pas soutenus par les gou- dauphin Jacques Rogge a la pr&i- iSCiC de plus que prevu. Les jour- dence. La preuve que Pancien di- i vemements et les federations." nalises: 12000 en Espagne, i Justement, Juan Antonio Sama- gnitaire franquiste n'a rien perdu de 21 DDO en Australie. Le public: 5 son autorit^, ni de son influence au ranch a insist^ Tautre jour, lors de mi]li)ns en 1992, 8 millions aur la la Session de Moscou, sur la ne- sein de la famille olympique. Et que cats Pacifique... Les athletes d£- ses precieux conseils seront encore cessite de convoquer une boidait de partout. Le village deusieme Conl&ence mondiale cntendus pax ceux qui vont re- olyir pique est plein & craquer. prendre le flambeau au chateau de sur la lutte antidopage (a Lau- Lz cote d'alerte est dfipass^e, sanne?) avant la fin de I'anne'e. VMy. Aussi, le nouveau pr&ident pro- La ligne dure et affairiste du CIO pose-t-il des coupes claires. Re- emmenee par Un-Yong KJrn. et Tous les responsables de Gouver- duin: le nombre des medias et le nements seraient invite's a partici- Dick Pound a e'te' balayee. Jacques ncun sre des sports. Mais sur quels Rogge (59 ans) a obtenu une majo- per a ce grand raout pharmaco- crite-es selectionner? L'audience politico-sportif. Le CIO a pourtant rite confortable au deuxteme tour et la popularite, i^pondent les rea- de scrutrn avec 59 voix, laissant ses entame une mue en acceptant la lists; . Jacques Rogge est conscient creation de 1'Agence mondiale an- deux prmcipaux advetsalrcs loin quo :ela ne se fera pas- sans diffi- deniere avec 23 voix (Kim) et 22 tidopage (AMA), etin extremis, les cu]K, chaque federation.se rcfu- tests de detection dc I'EPO a Syd- ~ (Poundj)i:i)rJL'e «putschA--Jii done giaa: derriere'Hes avantages at--^ avort^. Les membres ont pre'fe're se ney, Mais il refuse toujours la crla- quis. «Ce n'est pas parce qu'un tion d'un organisme reellement in- . ranger deniere un candidat qui de- spcn i a sa place aux Jeux qu'il esl vrait sauvegarder 1'csprft olympique dependant Jacques Rogge pense ceiti in d'y tester, dit Rogge. A 1'in- que TAMA doit s'installer a Lau- tout en engageant les reformes n£- veisi:, .im sport qui est en dehors cessaires a la pereimite du Mouve- sanne oft la plupart des fede"ra- du programme olyrnpique peut tions sportives sont concentrees. ment Le successeur de M. Sama- paifiitement esperer y entrer un ranch devra avoir de larges epaules jour Mais les Jeux sont arrives a la Cela dit, le nouveau president pour affronter les travaux d'Hercule linrlle de ce qu'une vflle peut sup- n'est pas tres eloigne de son pre- qui 1'attendent des demain a Lau- po:rt;r. Du coup, seules des mega- d&esseur loisqu'il dit que le CIO sanne. Lutter a k fois contre la cor- po.e; bien organises peuvent les et les federations devraient conser- ruption pas encore eradiquee au rec e toil. Si on veut les dormer un ver rinstrument de leur contr6Ie CIO, contre le gigantisme des Jeux, jotr u 1'Afrique ou El rAmenquc du antidopage duraot leurs competi- contre les app^tits des grants de la Sui il faut combattre rmflation-o tions tout en collaboiant avec mondialisation el -contre le dopage.
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