International Olympic Committee (IOC)

The new office is at Lahara Avenue in Boroko, National Capital District, and was opened by the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, on May 9^th.

Bach congratulated the PNG Olympic Community on this milestone achievement and also presented them with the certificate of recognition as a National Olympic Committee.

He said the Olympic Haus can be the home of Olympics and Olympism in PNG.

He will participate in various events including a meeting with the Papua New Guinea Prime Minister and Minister for Sport, Peter O’Neill.

This meeting will cover a range of topics including government support for sports. Both leaders will then witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the PNG Olympic Committee and the PNG Sports Foundation.

However he stressed that there is “no reason” to doubt the reasons given for the controversial transaction.

Coates, who heads up the IOC’s Coordination Commission for the Games in four years’ time, reiterated their co-operation with any investigations and claimed results of the probe being conducted by the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) could come within a month.