| The Chairs of the 3 Groups of Experts recalled that a major IODE review had been commissioned and undertaken previous to IODE XVIII. IODE-XVI had tasked the IODE Officers (and, as required, some consultants) to undertake a comprehensive review of the IODE system, and to report to the 21st Session of the IOC Assembly. However, due to the many actions that were undertaken by IODE since IODE-XVI, many of which impacted strongly on the ‘nature’ of IODE, it was felt that a review during this critical phase of changes (2001-2002) would result in an incomplete and possibly even incorrect representation of “the state and future of IODE”. In addition, the IOC Executive Council, during its 35th Session (4- 14 June 2002) adopted Resolution EC-XXXV.2 entitled “IOC... |
