(ATR) The World Anti-Doping Agency is set to elect a new presidentand approve 2268 changes to the World Anti-Doping Code during the WorldConference on Doping in Sport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Scheduled to run November 12-15, the meeting draws all of WADA’s stakeholders, plus other sport and government leaders together to discuss the latest challenges in the fight against doping.
There should be few surprises during the Conference. The main focus of the meeting is the approval of the Code which was reviewed publicly for 18 months.
IOC Vice President Craig Reedie was selected as the nominee for WADA President three months ago,
On Friday, the WADA Executive Committee and Foundation Board will approve the new Code. Stakeholders submitted 315 suggestions with nearly 4000 comments for changes to the current Code, adopted in 2009. The bulk of the submissions came from national and regional anti-doping organizations and the sport movement.
WADA says the changes to the Code fall broadly under seven "themes", ranging from longer periods of ineligibility for "real cheats"; concerns over "proportionality" and human rights relating to sanctions and making the Code "clearer andshorter."
Highlighting the importance of the Code revision, WADA supplied delegates a 28-page legal opinion on the changes from Judge Jean-Paul Costa, the former President of the European Court of Human Rights.
IOC President Thomas Bach will address the conference on Nov. 12, during the Opening Ceremony. A press conference, the first of three for the week, is also scheduled for Tuesday.
Conference sessions on a review of the Code are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday will also feature sessions on reviews of international standards for anti-doping procedures, including testing and investigations as well as laboratories and other issues.
This is the fourth World Conference on Doping in Sport, and Version 4.0 for the WADA Code.
Outgoing WADA President John Fahey warned there is still "a long way to go" to protect clean sport, saying WADA has a duty to approve the new Code.
"As long as our community con continues to evolve there will be grater chances of catching those who refuse to play by the rules."
Written and reported in Sandton, South Africa by Ed Hula III.
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