Asian Paralympic Committee

Asian Paralympic Committee
Type Sports federation
Membership
 41 National Paralympic Committees
President
 Dato’ Zainal Abu Zarin[1]
Website asianparalympic.org

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) is an organization based in United Arab Emirates. Its Asian membership is 41 National Paralympic Committees.

History

The Asian Paralympic Committee was formed in 2006 when the Fespic Federation was divided into two separate bodies, the Asian Paralympic Committee and Oceania Paralympic Committee (OPC).[2][3]

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 Code National Paralympic Committee Created Ref.
 Afghanistan AFG Afghanistan Paralympic Committee [4]
 Bahrain BRN Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation-Bahrain Paralympic Committee [4]
 Bangladesh BAN National Paralympic Committee of Bangladesh [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]
 Hong Kong HKG Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled [4]
 India IND Paralympic Committee of India [4]
 Indonesia INA National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia [4]
 Iran IRI I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee [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, China MAC Associacion Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau [4]
 Malaysia MAS Malaysian Paralympic Council [4]
 Mongolia MGL Mongolian Paralympic Committee [4]
 Myanmar MYA National Paralympic Committee of Myanmar [4]
   Nepal NEP National Paralympic Committee Nepal [4]
 Oman OMA Oman Paralympic Committee [4]
 Pakistan PAK National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan [4]
 Palestine PLE Palestinian Paralympic Committee [4]
 Philippines PHI Philippine Sports Association of the Differently Abled 1997 [4]
 Qatar QAT Qatar Paralympic Committee [4]
 Saudi Arabia KSA Paralympic Committee of Saudi Arabia [4]
 Singapore SIN Singapore National Paralympic Council [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]
 Timor-Leste TLS Comité Paralimpico Nacional de Timor-Leste [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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ APC President Praises China’s ‘Unwavering Support’ at Spectacular Open Ceremony, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), December 12, 2010
  2. ↑ IPC Welcomes Merger Of APC And Fespic, web10.bernama.com, November 18, 2005
  3. ↑ OCEANIA AND ARAB COUNTRIES SUPPORT KL'06, findarticles.com, BERNAMA; Malaysian National News Agency, November 17, 2005
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

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