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Vancouver Hosts Fifth IOC Co-ordination Commission Meeting

Bonn, Germany - Following three days of positive meetings, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Co-ordination Commission today successfully concluded its fifth visit to Vancouver, the host city of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The Coordination Commission, including International Paralympic Committee (IPC) representative Rita van Driel is organized by the IOC as the body supervising the preparations of the local Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee (VANOC). The overall agenda included updates on key topics, such as venue construction, finance, sports media and marketing. It also featured a working group dedicated to review the progress made with regards to the Paralympic Games.

The discussions during this Paralympic working group focused on accommodation, media services and ceremonies. During meetings around the Coordination Commission the IPC also confirmed its agreement to VANOC’s request to shift the date of the opening of the Paralympic Village from 5 March to 6 March while maintaining a Pre-Opening day on 5 March for certain individual groups.

Said Rita van Driel: “In general we are pleased with the preparations on the Paralympic side. We can see that VANOC’s integrated planning works well and that there is a good understanding of Paralympic needs. We still have some concerns regarding the accommodation situation in the mountains which we need to further discuss with VANOC”.

The next Coordination Commission meeting will be held in February 2008 during a cluster of Games related test events.

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Notes to the Editor:

About the IPC: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, and serves as the International Federation for 12 sports, for which it supervises and co-ordinates the World Championships and other competitions. The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to developing sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality.

For further information, please contact Steffi Klein, IPC Communication Manager, on tel: +49-170-3899982, e-mail: or go to http://www.paralympic.org .