Oceania Paralympic Committee (
acronym
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: OPC) is an organisation based in
Sydney
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,
Australia
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. It is an
international organization
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that congregates the 9
National Paralympic Committees
A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...
(NPCs) of
Oceania
Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern Hemisphere, Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of ...
.
History
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
The Asian Paralympic Committee (acronym: APC) is an organization based in United Arab Emirates. It has 44 National Paralympic Committees of the Asian continent as members. It organizes the Asian Para Games and is affiliated to the International ...
(APC).
Member countries
In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognised by the
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...
(IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.
See also
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Oceania National Olympic Committees
The Oceania National Olympic Committees (acronym: ONOC) is an international organization that congregates the 17 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Oceania.
It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the Association of Nati ...
References
External links
Official website
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Paralympic Committees
Sports organisations of Australia
2006 establishments in Oceania
Sports organizations established in 2006