Asian Paralympic Committee

The Asian Paralympic Committee (acronym: APC) is an organization based in United Arab Emirates. It has 44 National Paralympic Committees of the Asian continent as members. It organizes the Asian Para Games and is affiliated to the International Paralympic Committee.

Asian Paralympic Committee
Logo of the Asian Paralympic Committee
AbbreviationAPC
MottoOne Vision, One Mission, One Hope
Formation30 October 2002 (2002-10-30)
Founded atBusan, South Korea
TypeContinental Sports Federation
HeadquartersAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Membership
44 Members
Official language
English
President
 Majid Rashed
Vice-Presidents
 Masayuki Mizuno
Zhao Sujing
Jang Hyang-sook
CEO
 Tarek Souei
AffiliationsInternational Paralympic Committee
WebsiteAsianParalympic.org

History

The Asian Paralympic Committee was formed on 30 October 2002 in Busan, South Korea as the Asian Paralympic Council, following a motion presented by NPC Malaysia at the 1999 IPC General Assembly. It consisted originally of three sub-regions which are East Asia, South Asia and South-East Asia. In April 2004, in order to align with the structure followed by the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee decided that the Central Asia and West Asia sub-regions fall under the Council’s responsibility. An agreement was signed on 16 May 2004 to merge the Asian Paralympic Council and the FESPIC Federation.[1] The organisation was only known by its present name by 28 November 2006 when the merger came into effect.[2]

Administration

APC Presidents
No.NameNPCTerm
1.Zainal Abu Zarin Malaysia30 October 2002 – 2014
2.Majid Rashed United Arab Emirates2014 – present

Executive board

Following is the APC Executive Board for the term 2019 – 2023.[3]

DesignationNameNPC
PresidentMajid Rashed United Arab Emirates
Vice-PresidentsMasayuki Mizuno Japan
Ms. Zhao Su-jing China
Ms. Jang Hyang Sook South Korea
Member at LargeAbdulraheem Al-Sheikh Saudi Arabia
Keng Chuan Ng Malaysia
Chairperson of APC Athletes' CommitteeJeong Min Lee South Korea
Chairperson of APC Women in Sports CommitteeMs. Nasanbat Oyunbat Mongolia
Chairperson of APC Medical and Sports Science CommitteeDr. Hasuk Bae South Korea
Chairperson of APC Games and Sports Development CommitteeMs. Lesley Fung Hong Kong
Sub-Regional Representatives
South-East AsiaMichael Barredo Philippines
West AsiaAbdelrazzaq Banirasheed United Arab Emirates
Central AsiaDr. Rustam Babayev Kazakhstan
East AsiaManabu Aso Japan
South AsiaImran Shami Pakistan
CEOTarek Souei United Arab Emirates

APC Committees
CommitteeChairpersonNPC
APC Athletes' CommitteeJeong Min Lee South Korea
APC Women in Sports CommitteeMs. Nasanbat Oyunbat Mongolia
APC Legal and Ethics CommitteeKeng Chuan Ng Malaysia
APC Medical and Sports Science CommitteeDr. Hasuk Bae South Korea
APC Games and Sports Development CommitteeMs. Lesley Fung Hong Kong

Tournaments organized

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.

Nation/RegionCodeNational Paralympic CommitteeCreatedRef.
 Afghanistan AFG Afghanistan Paralympic Committee [4]
 Bahrain BRN Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation-Bahrain Paralympic Committee [4]
 Bangladesh BAN National Paralympic Committee of Bangladesh Inactive [4]
 Bhutan BHU Bhutan Paralympic Committee 2017 [4]
 Brunei BRU Paralympic Council of Brunei Darussalam [4]
 Cambodia CAM National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia [4]
 China CHN National Paralympic Committee of China [4]
 Chinese Taipei TPE Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee [4]
 East Timor TLS Comité Paralimpico Nacional de Timor-Leste [4]
 Hong Kong HKG Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled [4]
 India IND Paralympic Committee of India 1992 [4]
 Indonesia INA National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia 1962 [4]
 Iran IRI I. R. Iran National Paralympic Committee 2001 [4]
 Iraq IRQ Iraqi National Paralympic Committee [4]
 Japan JPN Japan Paralympic Committee 1999 [4]
 Jordan JOR Jordan Paralympic Committee [4]
 Kazakhstan KAZ National Paralympic Committee of Kazakhstan [4]
 South Korea KOR Korean Paralympic Committee 2006 [4]
 Kuwait KUW Kuwait Paralympic Committee [4]
 Kyrgyzstan KGZ National Paralympic Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic [4]
 Laos LAO Lao Paralympic Committee [4]
 Lebanon LIB Lebanese Paralympic Committee [4]
 Macau MAC Associação Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau [4]
 Malaysia MAS Malaysian Paralympic Council 1989 [4]
 Mongolia MGL Mongolian Paralympic Committee [4]
 Myanmar MYA National Paralympic Committee of Myanmar [4]
   Nepal NEP National Paralympic Committee Nepal [4]
 North Korea PRK Paralympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [4]
 Oman OMA Oman Paralympic Committee [4]
 Pakistan PAK National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan 1998 [4]
 Palestine PLE Palestinian Paralympic Committee 2010 [4]
 Philippines PHI Paralympic Committee of the Philippines 1997 [4]
 Qatar QAT Qatar Paralympic Committee [4]
 Saudi Arabia KSA Paralympic Committee of Saudi Arabia [4]
 Singapore SGP Singapore National Paralympic Council 2008 [4]
 Sri Lanka SRI National Federation of Sports for the Disabled [4]
 Syria SYR Syrian Paralympic Committee [4]
 Tajikistan TJK Tajik Paralimpic Committee [4]
 Thailand THA Paralympic Committee of Thailand 1985 [4]
 Turkmenistan TKM National Paralympic Committee of Turkmenistan [4]
 United Arab Emirates UAE UAE Paralympic Committee [4]
 Uzbekistan UZB Uzbekistan National Paralympic Association [4]
 Vietnam VIE Vietnam Paralympic Association [4]
 Yemen YEM Yemen Paralympic Association 2015 [4]

See also

References
  1. "Agreement on merger signed between APC FESPIC To open a new regional development structure" (PDF). 7 August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2006.
  2. "APC History". Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  3. "Executive Board". APC's Official Website. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
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