United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee (IOC code: UAE) is a

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which represents

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

. The National Olympic Committee of United Arab Emirates (NOC) was named 1979 under the Ministerial Decision No. 200 of 19. and joined the

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in 1980, the Arab Federation of Sports Games in 1980, the National Olympic Committees Association in 1981, the

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in 1982 and the Islamic Sports Solidarity Federation in 1985.

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Oly Sports organizations established in 1979 1979 establishments in the United Arab Emirates