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The International Olympic Committee is poised to make a decision that will importantly affect the lives of women and girls in Canada, and in British Columbia more specifically. If the bid is awarded to Vancouver, both the federal and provincial governments will spend public funds to support the games, funds which could otherwise be spent on the social programmes and services on which women rely.
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November 13, 1999 -- Damaging new details about the U.S. Olympic Committee's involvement in an influence peddling scandal came to light today. A report shows that U.S. Olympic Committee officials went further than previously disclosed in trying to win votes for Salt Lake City's successful bid for the 2002 Winter Games.
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Prague / Frankfurt, August 10, 2004 – Two human rights organizations are calling on the International Olympic Committee to take a stand on an “attack on the freedom of speech” at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Olympic Watch and International Society for Human Rights (ISHR/IGFM) are “extremely concerned to hear that posters and other material promoting … Taiwan are being blocked from display at Athens International Airport and elsewhere in the city”. The news of posters being taken down and billboards being blocked has been reported by major international media over the past few days.
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Most individuals are of the view that the chief aim of the International Olympic Committee is to look after the awarding and the proper staging of the Olympic Games, but this is only one of them. The others are:
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"We offer the United States Olympic Committee a very compelling bid submission for Los Angeles to host the 2016 Olympic Games," said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "Los Angeles is where the whole world comes together, and if chosen, we will bring all that is California to the athletes, to the Olympic Movement, and to the world."
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Each National Olympic Committee has to organize and control the participation of its Team to the Olympic Games, including making provisions for its outfitting, transport, lodging, insurance and medical supervision. The National Olympic Committee is ... fully responsible for the conduct of its delegation.
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