Submission from Ray Carbery, President
Turks & Caicos Islands Olympic Committee (Steering)
CLARIFICATION ON OLYMPIC/COMMONWEALTH ISSUES
The Commonwealth games allow all Commonwealth
countries to participate and are somewhat sanctioned by the IOC.
All NOC's within the Commonwealth have a cross over role with
the IOC ... eg the Chair of the Commonwealth Games, Mr. Michael
Fennell is also President of the Jamaican Olympic Committee and
an IOC Member.
Commonwealth games committee's receive limited
funding from the Commonwealth Games Committee ... whereas ...
NOC's receive sufficient amounts of financial support from the
IOC. hence the imbalance between Territories recognized and those
"like us" sitting on the outside looking in. The Commonwealth
are not the supreme organ of sport ... that title is held by the
IOC through the Olympic Games of which our Premier pointed out
so eloquently to Mr Mackinlay.
We bring all of this to your attention as we
feel the that our quest is reviewed in the correct context as
this is a complicated issue which requires in-depth knowledge
on all issues. In closing I will be in London in March sometime
and should you require further information on our quest ... I
would be more than happy to oblige and meet. In the mean time
the FCO continue to sit back and do nothing to resolve this debacle
they state time and time again we have to wait for Gibraltar's
case to conclude before they will even contemplate doing anything
... which is not correct. We have nothing in common with Gibraltar's
legal arguments in Swiss Federal Court ... Sovereign Land issues
do not come into play with the TCI! You will note for the records
that I have cc our Secretary General Ms Alice Malcolm and our
Legal Advisor Mr Paul Keeble. Thank you on behalf of the TCI youth.
Discrimination against people has no place
in the world ... or ... sport including the Olympic Games.
12 January 2008
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