国际奥委会英文介绍.pdf

FACTSHEET THE IOC SESSIONS UPDATE - JANUARY 2015 1. THE MISSION 2. PROCEDURES The IOC Session is the general meeting of the The following main procedures are applicable members of the IOC. It is the supreme organ of for the decisions taken by the IOC Session: the IOC. The Session adopts, modifies and • The President, or, in his absence, the longest- interprets the Olympic Charter and its decisions serving Vice-President present chairs the are final. While the Session may delegate Session. powers to the Executive Board (EB), all • The quorum required for a Session is half the important decisions are taken by the Session, total membership of the IOC, plus one. which votes on proposals put forward by the EB. If the EB can be considered the government of • Each member has a vote, and voting by proxy the IOC, the Session is the parliament. is not allowed. Abstentions and spoiled or blank votes are not counted. The Session is held at least once a year, often • In general, an IOC member must abstain from over a two- or three-day period. In the years participating in a vote when it concerns a city when Olympic Games take place, the Session (Olympic Games, Session, Congress), a traditionally precedes them. An extraordinary