Asian Paralympic Committee
Type | Sports federation |
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Headquarters | United Arab Emirates |
Membership | 42 National Paralympic Committees |
Official language | English |
President | Majid Rashed[1] |
Website | asianparalympic.org |
The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) is an organization based in United Arab Emirates. Its members are the is 42 National Paralympic Committees of the Asian region, who are also members of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
History
The Asian Paralympic Committee was formed on 30 October 2002 in Busan, Republic of Korea, following a motion presented by NPC Malaysia at the 1999 IPC General Assembly.
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. |
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Afghanistan | AFG | Afghanistan Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Bahrain | BRN | Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation-Bahrain Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Brunei | BRU | Paralympic Council of Brunei Darussalam | [2] | |
Cambodia | CAM | National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia | [2] | |
China | CHN | Chinese Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Chinese Taipei | TPE | Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Hong Kong | HKG | Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled | [2] | |
India | IND | Paralympic Committee of India | [2] | |
Indonesia | INA | National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia | [2] | |
Iran | IRI | I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Iraq | IRQ | Iraqi National Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Japan | JPN | Japan Paralympic Committee | 1999 | [2] |
Jordan | JOR | Jordan Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Kazakhstan | KAZ | National Paralympic Committee of Kazakhstan | [2] | |
South Korea | KOR | Korean Paralympic Committee | 2006 | [2] |
Kuwait | KUW | Kuwait Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | National Paralympic Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic | [2] | |
Laos | LAO | Lao Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Lebanon | LIB | Lebanese Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Macau | MAC | Associacion Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau | [2] | |
Malaysia | MAS | Malaysian Paralympic Council | [2] | |
Mongolia | MGL | Mongolian Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Myanmar | MYA | National Paralympic Committee of Myanmar | [2] | |
Nepal | NEP | National Paralympic Committee Nepal | [2] | |
Oman | OMA | Oman Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Pakistan | PAK | National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan | [2] | |
Palestine | PLE | Palestinian Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Philippines | PHI | Philippine Sports Association of the Differently Abled | 1997 | [2] |
Qatar | QAT | Qatar Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Saudi Arabia | KSA | Paralympic Committee of Saudi Arabia | [2] | |
Singapore | SIN | Singapore National Paralympic Council | [2] | |
Sri Lanka | SRI | National Federation of Sports for the Disabled | [2] | |
Syria | SYR | Syrian Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Tajikistan | TJK | Tajik Paralimpic Committee | [2] | |
Thailand | THA | Paralympic Committee of Thailand | 1985 | [2] |
Timor-Leste | TLS | Comité Paralimpico Nacional de Timor-Leste | [2] | |
Turkmenistan | TKM | National Paralympic Committee of Turkmenistan | [2] | |
United Arab Emirates | UAE | UAE Paralympic Committee | [2] | |
Uzbekistan | UZB | Uzbekistan National Paralympic Association | [2] | |
Vietnam | VIE | Vietnam Paralympic Association | [2] | |
Yemen | YEM | Yemen Paralympic Association | [2] |
See also
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