We are pleased to announce that the ICSD Legal Commission is now staffed and will start to work from this week on.

It is high time we stopped the current confrontation and unrest, leading us and entire ICSD to distrustful chaos.

ICSD is pleased to release today that Brazil has been selected by ICSD and confirmed to win the bidding of the 24th Summer Deaflympics

The 2019 Winder Deaflympics took place in Northern Italy from 12 to 21 December 2019. 923 people from 34 countries have joined hands under the umbrella of the deaf sports spirit.

Our sincerely thanks to all our members for their hosting and support of all World Deaf Sports Championships this year. In addition, we thank FSSI (Italy) for their great effort in hosting the 19th Winter Deaflympics with 493 athletes from 34 countries

ICSD Executive Board was held in Lausanne, Switzerland recently. We have already discussed on many issues during the meeting, and here is the summary in 4 key issues as follows,

All former Presidents of ICSD (CISS) have the same goal in putting the focus on Deaf Athletes who are the most important. We shall continue the same goal.

The ICSD Executive Board wishes to announce the appointment of the ICSD Vice President of World Sports, Mr. Kang CHEN, as the ICSD Interim President with immediate effect.

It certainly shows we are not alone in dealing with these important issues and that we have a whole community of international federations for support and advice.

For the curling competition at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics from 11-20 December 2019 in Madesimo, Italy, ICSD Executive Board has decided to increase the maximum number of teams for both genders from ten (10) to twelve (12).

The ICSD Board has been in meetings for the last two days. The meeting with the IOC was an opportunity to follow up on items discussed at our previous meeting. We also agreed to work on strengthening our partnership as per our memorandum of understanding

The ICSD Board and I are delighted to advise that the ICSD CEO, Mr Dmitry Rebrov has been appointed by the United Nations to sit on their Committee of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Information on chess for 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy

On the weekend, the ICSD Executive Board met to discuss advice received from the Organising Committee of the Brazil Symposium that due to low numbers of members indicating their intention to participate that they were not progressing with the symposium. I

The ICSD board has approved the establishment of the ICSD Legal Commission. Its main work will be to provide legal review of the current constitution and bylaws as well the proposed new constitution and bylaws.

As we greet the New Year, I am delighted to join all ICSD members and athletes in welcoming the year 2019 both at home and abroad. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ICSD Board, Staff, ICSD Members and athletes for their efforts in the pas

After Khanty-Mansiysk and Magnitogorsk in Russia, it will be the turn of the great nation of Italy to host the athletes of the Winter Deaflympics.

ICSD is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mr Martin Bogard to the role of Chair of the ICSD Technical Commission.

I am pleased and delighted that we have a new person from that region to fill the vacancy on the commission. His name is Yukata Osugi and he is an ideally qualified to fill this role having been involved in ICSD’s work on reform in the early days of ICSD’

The new ICSD Reform Commission is responsible for the co-ordination and oversight of the ICSD Reform Program and will play a very important role in the changes taking place in ICSD

I thought I would share with you the 4 key goals that I would like to see ICSD working to achieve...