Oceania Paralympic Committee

Oceania Paralympic Committee

Formation	2006
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Suva, Fiji
Membership	9 National Paralympic Committees
Official language	English
President	Paul Bird
Website	OceaniaParalympic.org

Oceania Paralympic Committee (acronym: OPC)[1] is an organisation based in Sydney, Australia. It is an international organization that congregates the 9 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Oceania.

History

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

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognised 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.
Australia	AUS	Paralympics Australia	1990	[4]
Fiji	FIJ	Fiji Paralympic Association	1990	[4]
Kiribati	KIR	Kiribati National Paralympic Committee		[4]
New Zealand	NZL	Paralympics New Zealand	1968	[4]
Papua New Guinea	PNG	Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee		[4]
Samoa	SAM	Samoa Paralympic Committee		[4]
Solomon Islands	SOL	Solomon Islands Paralympic Committee		[4]
Tonga	TGA	Tonga National Paralympic Committee		[4]
Vanuatu	VAN	Vanuatu Paralympic Committee		[4]

See also

• Oceania National Olympic Committees

References

1. IPC Style Guide Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
2. "IPC Welcomes Merger Of APC And Fespic". web10.bernama.com. 18 November 2005. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
3. "Oceania and Arab Countries Support KL'06". findarticles.com/BERNAMA; Malaysian National News Agency. 17 November 2005. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
4. National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

External links

• Official website