Union of Arab National Olympic Committees

Union of Arab National Olympic Committees
إتحاد اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية العربية

Countries members
Formation	May 1976
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Riyadh
Membership	22 National Olympic Committees
Official language	Arabic
President	Nawaf bin Faisal

The Union of Arab National Olympic Committees (acronym: UANOC; Arabic: إتحاد اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية العربية‎) is an international organization that unites the 22 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the Arab world. It is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

History

In May 1976, in a conference of Arab olympic committees held in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), members decided to establish a union called the Arab Sports Confederation (ASC). The goals of the confederation are the advancement of the Olympic movement and sports in the Arab countries, develop and maintain the rules and principles of the Olympic, encourage and protect the hobby, as well as cooperation with the Arab and international sports organizations. Riyadh was chosen as the headquarters of the confederation and Prince Faisal bin Fahd was elected as its President until his death in 1999. The Arab Sports Confederation changed its name to Union of Arab National Olympic Committees (UANOC) in 2008.^[1]

Activities

The most important activities of the union, attend international and continental meetings that act for youth and sports bother, contribute to the organization of Arab sports tournaments, supervision and the establishment of tournaments, seminars, sports medicine and sports media, management and administration and sports photography.

Member countries

Nation	Code	National Olympic Committee	Created	Ref.
Algeria	ALG	Comité Olympique Algérien	1963/1964	^[2]
Bahrain	BRN	Bahrain Olympic Committee	1978/1979	^[3]
Comoros	COM	Comité Olympique et Sportif des Iles Comores	1979/1993	^[4]
Djibouti	DJI	Comité National Olympique Djiboutien	1983/1984	^[5]
Egypt	EGY	Egyptian Olympic Committee	1910	^[6]
Iraq	IRQ	National Olympic Committee of Iraq	1948	^[7]
Jordan	JOR	Jordan Olympic Committee	1957/1963	^[8]
Kuwait	KUW	Kuwait Olympic Committee	1957/1966	^[9]
Lebanon	LIB	Lebanese Olympic Committee	1947/1948	^[10]
Libya	LBA	Libyan Olympic Committee	1962/1963	^[11]
Mauritania	MTN	Comité National Olympique et Sportif Mauritanien	1962/1979	^[12]
Morocco	MAR	Comité Olympique Marocain	1959	^[13]
Oman	OMA	Oman Olympic Committee	1982	^[14]
Palestine	PLE	Palestine Olympic Committee	1995	^[15]
Qatar	QAT	Qatar Olympic Committee	1979/1980	^[16]
Saudi Arabia	KSA	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee	1964/1965	^[17]
Somalia	SOM	Somali Olympic Committee	1959/1972	^[18]
Sudan	SUD	Sudan Olympic Committee	1956/1959	^[19]
Syria	SYR	Syrian Olympic Committee	1948	^[20]
Tunisia	TUN	Comité National Olympique Tunisien	1957	^[21]
United Arab Emirates	UAE	United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee	1979/1980	^[22]
Yemen	YEM	Yemen Olympic Committee	1971/1981	^[23]

Events

Pan Arab Games

References

External links

Pan Arab Games

Alexandria 1953 Beirut 1957 Casablanca 1961 Cairo 1965 Damascus 1976 Rabat 1985 Damascus 1992 Beirut 1997 Amman 1999 Algiers 2004 Cairo 2007 Doha 2011 Beirut 2015

Multi-sport events

Global

Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games

Continental	African Games Asian Games Summer Winter Beach Indoor and Martial Arts European Games Pacific Games Pan American Games

Associations	Commonwealth Games Inter-Allied Games¹ Island Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹ World Outgames

Communities	Croatian World Games Gay Games Islamic Solidarity Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Women's Islamic Games¹ World Indigenous Games Worldwide Nomad Games

Disabled sport	Deaflympics Défi sportif IWAS World Games Armed forces Invictus Games Warrior Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter

Professions	Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Police and Fire Games

Youth and students	Asian Youth Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games European Youth Olympic Festival Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games World Youth Games¹

Other sport	Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games X Games

Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games Central African Games¹

Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Asian Beach Games Asian Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹ Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Central Asian Games Children of Asia International Sports Games¹ East Asian Games Far Eastern Games¹ South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Inter-continental	Afro-Asian Games¹ Arafura Games Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames FESPIC Games¹ Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Nordic Games¹ Pacific Ocean Games¹ Pan Arab Games

National

Americas	Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors

Asia	Bangladesh China All-China Games National Games of China National Peasants' Games India Indian Empire¹ Indonesia Japan Malaysia Para Mongolia Pakistan Philippines National Games Batang Pinoy Palaro Singapore South Korea Summer Winter Thailand youth Vietnam

Europe	Albania¹ Nazi Germany¹ Netherlands Poland (youth) Soviet Union (youth)¹

Oceania	Western Australia (high school)²

NCSG³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Historical¹

Pre Modern Olympics (in chronological order, 1900BC–1852AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games

Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Goodwill Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad South African Games Spartakiad Workers' Olympiads

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