OATH Announces Results of First-Ever Olympic Athlete-Sponsored Symposium on IOC reform

Business Wire, June 14, 1999

NEW YORK--(BW SportsWire)--June 14, 1999--

Following is the consensus document on Olympic Reform created at the first OATH - Olympic Advocates Together Honourably Symposium June 11 - June 13, 1999 in New York City:

OATH will leverage the results from the conference to put the voice of Olympic athletes on the IOC map and to forge a global group of Olympic athletes and advocates to serve as catalysts of systemic change reflecting the interests of all Olympians.

Vision

Our vision is sport that is ethical, and contributes to the peaceful fulfillment of human potential.

Mission

OATH is an independent, international organization and forum for athletes and advocates.

OATH is committed to restoring and maintaining the values underlying the Fundamental Principles of the Olympic Charter.

OATH promotes ethical guardianship, responsible governance and effective management of the Olympic Movement.

Statements of Consensus

1) WE, athletes and advocates, affirm and support the Olympic ideals

of peace, mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair

play as embodied in the Olympic Charter as a public trust.

2) WE recognize the role and responsibility of the International

Olympic Committee in organizing and managing the Olympic

Movement, and we challenge it to adhere to the Fundamental

Principles embodied in the Olympic Charter.

3) WE endorse and promote the following principles of ethical

guardianship for the Olympic Movement:

i) Responsible governance;

ii) Inclusive;

iii) Transparent;

iv) Accountable;

v) Democratic.

4) WE believe that the creation of an international and independent

organization is necessary to restore, preserve and promote the

Olympic ideals for present and future generations.

5) WE support the creation of OATH, its vision and mission.

Vision

Our vision is sport that is ethical, and contributes to the peaceful fulfillment of human potential.

We, therefore, believe that sport is a public trust that requires ethical guardianship, which includes but is not limited to: - Respectful of athletes; - Respectful of sport; - Athletes as active participants in the role of decision-making; - Accountability; - Transparency; - Inclusiveness; - Education; - Physical and moral development of youth; -

Fair play.

OATH Interim Board of Directors June 13th, 1999

- Simon Baker, AUS - Dawn Fraser, AUS - Bart Veldkamp, BEL - Susan Auch, CAN - Gaetan Boucher, CAN - George Marsland, CAN - Ann Peel, CAN - Carla Qualtrough, CAN - Richard Rohmer, CAN - Belinda Stronach, CAN - Mark Tewksbury, CAN - Xiuli Wang, CHN - Ulf Timmerman, GER - Michael Veith. GER - Vassilius Papadimitrios, GRE - Zola Budd, RSA. - Lyudmilla Braguira, RUS - Willie Banks, USA - Peter Carruthers, USA - Mike Ricci, USA - Marcia Sage, USA - Gary Wadler, USA - Phil Witten, USA

OATH is a newly established not-for-profit organization committed to restoring and maintaining the Olympic Spirit through reform of the IOC and international sport governance. Created by and for Olympians, OATH's primary mission is to act as an independent organization that will monitor and effect needed systemic change of the IOC in order to promote an ethical, accountable, transparent, inclusive and democratic organization. OATH is led by athletes and advocates from around the world and will achieve its goals through their commitment, leadership and involvement.