ASSOCIATION DES COMITES NATIONAUX OLYMPIQUES D’AFRIQUE (A.C.N.O.A.) ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES OF AFRICA (A.N.O.C.A.) _________________ 50 EC 12 / 09 50TH MEETING OF THE ANOC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LAUSANNE, DECEMBER 8, 2009 REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES OF AFRICA Submitted by lnt. General Lassana PALENFO President. ADRESSE/ADDRESS: P.M.B. 645 MAITAMA ABUJA-NIGERIA TEL: (234) 98705991 (234) 94136478 FAX: (234) 94136480 Email:
[email protected] 2 REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES OF AFRICA Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Executive Council, Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, This report covers the period that has elapsed since our last Council meeting held in this same city on June 14, 2009. During the six month intervening period, several events worthy of note marked the activities of our continental association. Foremost among these were inter alia: x 13th ordinary Assembly held in Abuja, Nigeria, host country of the ANOCA Headquarters, x Election of a new ANOCA Executive for Olympiad 2009 – 2012 headed by the incumbent President who brilliantly won a second term of office, x Election of a new Secretary General for the Association, x Laying of the foundation stone of the permanent Headquarters of ANOCA, now under construction courtesy the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, x Inaugural meeting of the new Executive Committee held last September, x 12th World Athletics Championship held in Berlin, Germany in July/August 2009, x XIIIth Olympic Congress held in Copenhagen, Denmark, x Election of two new IOC members in Africa at the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen: Engr.