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To publish position statements on In common with other international aspects of sports medicine, e.g. the organizations such as UNO, UNESCO role of physical activity in preven- and WHO, FIMS shares the common Sports medicine as a science emerged tive health care, the benefits of weakness of lack of funding. The fees at the end of the 19th century in exercise, rehabilitation of athletes paid to FIMS by member countries are various European countries. In 1904 in and medical examination of ath- inadequate to meet our current de- Berlin, Mallwitz coined the phrase letes. mands, and as a direct consequence 'Sports Physician'. The International Some examples of the work done by insufficient information is being distri- Hygiene Exposition held in Dresden in the President of FIMS in 1992 include buted to members. However, we are 1911 was the stimulus for the first the following: tackling this problem, and in future official sports physicians congress ever will forward more information bulle- held, and took place in Oberhof, 20 March 1992: Inaugural paper and tins to national organizations. Distri- Germany in September 1912. At the welcome address of FIMS at the First bution will be the task of the national same time the first official federation Scientific Congress of the Asian Feder- institution. Nevertheless despite of sports physicians was founded. ation of Sports Medicine. financial constraints journals such as Finally FIMS was established in 1928 7 April 1992: Discussion with the World of FIMS and FIMS Journal were with 11 founder nations. Today FIMS Austrian Minister for Health in Vienna sent to all member nations in the past has a total of 90 member nations. concerning legislation for preventive few years. The most important tasks of FIMS medicine. Another problem faced by FIMS is are: 18 April 1992: FIMS Greeting at the representation at committee level. The opening ceremony of the First Sports Executive Committee is composed of 1. To uphold the interests of sports Medicine Centre of WHO in Tokyo, 14 nations, with four chairpersons of medicine and to cooperate with and introductory paper on preventive the Standing Commissions. When other similar international organi- medicine and exercise training. making a choice for representation we zations such as the World Health 24 April 1992: Introductory paper at must bear in mind that the whole Organization (WHO), the Inter- meeting of the Belgian Society of world must be represented. It is national Olympic Committee, the Sports Medicine in Brussels. impossible to select only international United Nations Educational, Scien- 5-10 May 1992: Participation in World scientists without due regard for the tific and Cultural Organization Consensus Congress on Physical Acti- necessity of representing the Third (UNESCO), the International Com- vity in Toronto, Canada. World. As far as possible we try to mittee of Sports Sciences and Phy- 14 July 1992: Malaga make a fair choice and combine all sical Education. cultural aspects on our representative 2.