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MonteCarloThe IAAF is pleased to announce a “road map” which has been agreed with the Algerian authorities, to resolve the crisis facing the Algerian Athletics Federation.
IAAF President Lamine Diack met with Professor Yahia Guidoum, the Algerian Minister of Sports, and requested that he come up with durable solutions to enable the IAAF to lift the sanctions imposed on the Algerian Athletics Federation and so allow Algerian athletes to take part in competitions organised on national and international level.
The following decisions have now been agreed to help the development of Algerian Athletics while respecting the interests of Algerian sport.
1. A special Committee, charged with normalising the situation of the Algerian Athletics Federation, shall be created under the supervision of IAAF Council Member Jamel Simohamed (ALG);
2. An Elective General Assembly, with voting rights offered to all concerned in accordance with the statutes of the Algerian Athletics Federation, shall be prepared and organized by the above mentioned Committee;
3. The suspension of the Algerian Athletics Federation’s Federal Bureau by the Algerian Sports Minister will be immediately lifted;
4. As a consequence of the above, the sanctions imposed on the Algerian Athletics Federation by the IAAF shall also be lifted with immediate effect;
5. All parties agree to undertake actions and initiatives in order to help the reconciliation of the Algerian Athletics Family;
6. All the above measures shall be made effective within a maximum period of one month.
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