Azerbaijan, Baku, July 24 / Trend, I. Izzet /
The eighth report-election General Assembly of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A decision was made that the fourth Islamic Solidarity Games will be held in Azerbaijan in 2017, the Azerbaijani National Olympic Committee told Trend today.
According to the National Olympic Committee, Vice-President of the Azerbaijani National Olympic Committee and Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation Chingiz Huseynzade, head of international relations department and executive director of the organizing committee of the Islamic Solidarity Games Baku-2017 Kenul Nurullayeva, specialist in international programs of the National Olympic Committee and member of the working group of the Islamic Solidarity Games Mehman Kerimov made a presentation about Azerbaijan during the General Assembly.
A 'Baku-2017' book was presented as well. It includes sections on the concept behind the Games, a review of the political and economic situation in Azerbaijan, the legal aspects, customs and immigration aspects, information about the environment and meteorology, finance, marketing, communications, sports facilities and competitions, residential areas, transportation, security, medical services and doping control. A special video on Islamic games was shown to participants. Relevant booklets were distributed.
An important part of this event is that the member countries of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation voted to hold the Islamic Solidarity Games in Azerbaijan in 2017 via the General Assembly.
Thus, Azerbaijan won the right to host the fourth Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku in 2017.
A new staff of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation for 2013-2017 was also determined during the event. Chingiz Huseynzade was re-elected vice-president of the organization for the next four years. At the same time, a landmark decision on membership of a woman in the executive committee of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation has been made for the first time on the basis of structural changes made in 1968. Kenul Nurullayeva became a member of the executive committee.
Thus, Azerbaijan became the only country represented in the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation by two representatives.
Furthermore, a decision was made to hold the General Assembly of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation in Baku in 2015.
