9 - 10 September 2022 | Vienna, Austria
09 September 2022, 1st Day of the Congress started at 10:00
2019
AL NAJJAR Nordin (BEL)
BECKENBAUER-WENIG Dieter (GER)
BRAATHEN (Wroldsen) Bjorg (NOR)
CITAK Ilhan (TUR)
FELDE Vladimir (RUS)
ILCHIKABIR Abolhassan (IRI)
ISOMAKI Sauli (FIN)
KANEV Guitcho (BUL)
KUJALA Simo (FIN)
LAINE Tapio (FIN)
MARTOLA Terttu (FIN)
NIKOLOV Nikolay (BUL)
PREISAGALAVICIENE Lidija (LTU)
RANNIKKO Sulo (FIN)
RANTANEN Matti (FIN)
RAUSCH Hans (FRG)
SCHEEPSTRA Cornelis (NED)
SENINA Lidia (URS)
SMIRNOV Oleg (RUS)
SMOLINSKI Mieczyslaw (POL)
SORENSEN Petter (NOR)
TIAINEN Tero (FIN)
TOEDTER Hans (GER)
VAN BEEK Casparina (NED)
VERHELS Germain (BEL)
WALBAEKKEN Einar Odd (NOR)
2020
AASEN Svein (NOR)
BOYTSOV Alexander (RUS)
CASWELL Richard (USA)
DE ROOSE Boudewyn (BEL)
DE ROOSE Ivan (BEL)
DELATORRE Sentil (BRA)
DORTLAND Martien (NED)
EMBRECHTS Mady (BEL)
FIRIC Dragan (CRO)
GUNNERUD Bjarne (NOR)
HEIKKILA Voitto (FIN)
JOHANSEN Erik (NOR)
KLIEWER Werner (GER)
FERKOUNE Larbi (ALG)
LOLAEV Ruslan (URS)
MCILWRATH Winston (IRL)
MEHLUM-KAMERLING Adriana (NED)
MITCHELL Kevin (AUS)
OKUNEV Valentin (RUS)
PECIULIENE Ona (LTU)
ROUSSEAU Edmond (BEL)
SEYEDJAVADI Mohammad Reza Haj (IRI)
SYTOV Valentin (RUS)
VASAK Ivan (HUN)
WALLENIUS Tuure (FIN)
WEBB Edward (GBR)
ZWAAL Hendrik (NED)
2021
AGATHOKLEOUS Marinos (CYP)
AL HAIMI Talal Afif (YEM)
AL-SUDANI Haider Majeed Shafi (IRQ)
BABIC Adrian (SVK)
BEREZHNOV Sergey (RUS)
DUBUISSON René (BEL)
DUDIN Roman (RUS)
GALLI Fausto (ITA)
GARBERG Olaf (NOR)
GOLUBEVA Iraida (RUS)
GRINEV Mikhail (RUS)
FORMEISTER-MOLLUS Marianna (POL)
HEYDARZADEH Gholamhossein (IRI)
HOGBERG Goran (SWE)
JANIEC Stanislaw (POL)
JEGERSEN Harry (NOR)
JOHNSON Lark (CAN)
KARIMOV Mukim (UZB)
KONING Marten (NED)
LEE Hsin-Ta (TPE)
LUKICHEV Alexander (RUS)
MAXAJWE Julius (RSA)
MILESIC Ivica (BIH)
PANEV Vassil (BUL)
PECIULIS Sarunas Stanislovas (LTU)
ROS Cornelis (NED)
SAIF NIMRAN Ibrahim (YEM)
SIROUSPOUR Parviz (IRI)
STANIC Nikola (CRO)
SVEC Darko (CRO)
TAN Keng Ying (SGP)
TURNER Jonathan (USA)
VAN BUGGENHOUT Danny (BEL)
WEBSTER Michael (GBR)
WOINSKA-CHMIELAK Maria (POL)
ZIOLKOVSKI Maciej (POL)
ZOHOVSKIS Zigmunds (LAT)
2022
DHUYVETTER Rafaël (BEL)
DOYLE James (IRL)
GAST Rudolf (GER)
GREB Edward (POL)
HARGREAVES Edward (GBR)
KINT Paul (BEL)
KNEZIC Marijan (CRO)
RADOSTINA Inessa (RUS)
SHEVNIN Vyacheslav (RUS)
SOKOL Jerzy (POL)
ZOVKO Grozdana (CRO)
ZUNJIC Palmira (CRO)
WOZNIAK Jan (POL)
Countries
ALG - Algeria
ARG - Argentina
AUS - Australia
AUT - Austria
BRN - Bahrain
BEL - Belgium
BIH - Bosnia and Herzegovina
BRA - Brazil
BUL - Bulgaria
CMR - Cameroon
CAN - Canada
TPE - Chinese Taipei
CRO - Croatia
CYP - Cyprus
CZE - Czech Republic
DEN - Denmark
EST - Estonia
FIN - Finland
FRA - France
GER - Germany
GBR - Great Britain
GRE - Greece
HUN - Hungary
IND - India
IRI - Iran
ISR - Israel
ITA - Italy
JPN - Japan
KOR - Korea
KUW - Kuwait
LAT - Latvia
LTU - Lithuania
MAS - Malaysia
NED - Netherlands
NEP - Nepal
NOR - Norway
POL - Poland
RUS - Russian Federation
KSA - Saudi Arabia
SEN - Senegal
SRB - Serbia
SVK - Slovakia
SLO - Slovenia
RSA - South Africa
ESP - Spain
SUI - Switzerland
SWE - Sweden
TUR - Turkey
UKR - Ukraine
UAE - United Arab Emirates
Associate Members
DIBF - Deaf International Basketball Federation
DIFA - Deaf International Football Association
ICCD - International Chess Committee of the Deaf
WDGF - World Deaf Golf Federation
Appointment of Scrutineers:
Patrik Drivstedt (Sweden)
Memnos Costi (H-3)
Albert Wong Tuowg Chui (Malaysia)
Ratification of minutes of 48th Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland:
DIBF protested as the minutes were not properly listed as he claimed the paragraph was omitted from the minutes. He claimed his proposal for three items were approved but he saw only one item was approved. The missing items are as follows:
- Constitution 3.3.1: Removal of “the technical aspect of”.
- Constitution 7.5: Equal rights to propose and vote as a Full Member.
- Constitution 5.4.9: Shared responsibility with Regional Deaf Sports Confederations in the running of the qualifying rounds / matches to the World Deaf Championships and the Deaflympics.
DIBF's proposal:
Vote required 50%+1
Yes = 39, No = 8, Abstain = 5
Result - Approved
Ratification of minutes of 48th Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland:
Vote required 50%+1
Yes = 41, No = 3, Abstain = 4
Result - Approved
President reported that the Chair of the Athlete Commission, Katrin NEUDOLT is a new member of the Executive Board.
DIBF asked whether the Executive Board was acting on the lack of payment to referees in the basketball competitions at the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul.
CEO responded that he is discussing financial issues with the Organising Committee.
BRA highlighted that Brazil Deaf Sports Federation has been not part of the Organising Committee.
BEL asked that the GAISF evaluation report be shared with members in the viewpoint of transparency.
CEO stated that the request was acceptable.
DEN requested that the Executive Board discuss carefully which information to share with members, as transparency is important.
Approval of this Congress agenda
Vote required 50%+1
Yes = 45, Yes= 0, Abstained = 3
Result - Approved
Recognition and admission of new member federations:
- Gabon
- Montenegro
Vote required 50%+1
Yes = 54, No = 0, Abstain = 0
Result - Approved
The Investigation Task Force (TF) report was given by Hiroshi TAMON.
The ongoing disputes over the validity of the ICSD's Congress did not allow the investigation to proceed simultaneously. To this end, the TF will prepare draft recommendations and distribute them to the members; TF will set up a 30-day comment period after which a final draft will be prepared and published after approval by the Executive Board. In order to carry out this work, TF would appreciate approval for an extension of TF's term. Note that one of the members, KUSIAK Mark, will resign if he is elected to the Executive Board.
WDGF asked if TF will send the draft version with International Sign video clip.
TAMON accepted the request.
NED asked about the duration of the TF extension.
TAMON replied that the extension period depends on the status of the dispute.
Executive Board's Proposal No 1
The EB proposes to modify Section 3.3 Associate Members as follows:
3.3.1 An Associate Member shall consist of an International Deaf Sports Federation (IDSF) responsible for the technical aspect of one (1) sport, acting in pursuance with the objectives and the relevant principles of Olympism and shall be recognized as an international sports body with aims, objectives and purposes consistent with the ICSD Constitution.
Vote required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
Yes = 45, Yes= 0, Abstained = 3
Result - Approved
Executive Board's Proposal No 2
The Executive Board proposes to amend Article 8.7 as follows:
8.7 Subject to the Presidents of the four Regional Deaf Sports Confederations and the Chairperson of the Athletes Commission, the Executive Board members shall normally be elected for a four (4) year term by the Congress to be held prior the Summer Deaflympics. If elected at another moment, the Executive Board member's term shall be for the remainder of the four (4) year period until the next Congress prior to the Summer Deaflympics Congress held in the same year as the Summer Deaflympics.
NED: what happens if the Deaflympics take place at the end of the year?
CEO: It will be rare but otherwise the Congress can take place before the Games.
DEN: What if the President-elect before the Deaflympics?
President: Exceptionally rare case immediately before the Games.
ICCD: After the Games is better.
KOSA: We will be responsible and thoughtful for the sake of Deaflympics
Vote required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
Yes = 55, Yes= 1, Abstained = 1
Result - Approved
Executive Board's Proposal No 3
The Executive Board proposes to amend Section 10.5 as follows:
The Ethics Commission members shall be elected for a four (4) year term by the Congress held in the same year as the Summer Deaflympics.
Vote required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
Yes = 49, Yes= 0, Abstained = 2
Result - Approved
Executive Board's Proposal No 4
2.6 ICSD properties
2.6.1. The ICSD properties are:
- The ICSD symbol
- The ICSD flag
- The ICSD motto
- The ICSD anthem
- ICSD identifications
- ICSD emblems
- The Deaflympics flame and torches
The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) owns all rights on the ICSD properties.
2.6.2. The ICSD symbol, flag, motto, anthem, identifications (including but not limited to “Deaflympics” and “World Deaf Championships”), emblems, flame and torches and any other musical works, audio- visual works or other creative works or artefacts commissioned in connection with the Deaflympics and World Deaf Championships by the ICSD, the NDSFs and/or the OCs, may, for convenience, be collectively or individually referred to as “ICSD properties”. All rights to the ICSD properties, as well as all rights to the use thereof, belong exclusively to the ICSD, including but not limited to the use for any profit-making, commercial or advertising purposes. The ICSD may license all or part of its rights on terms and conditions set forth by the ICSD Executive Board.
DEN: Only member countries can use?
CEO: Yes
Vote required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
Yes = 52, Yes= 0, Abstained = 1
Result - Approved
Action: In response to the proposal 13.5 - 13.9 above, another proposal was made by the EB: as gender balance is an important theme for the ICSD, an ad-hoc commission will be set up to draft a revised Constitution and a concrete plan, and this commission will make a proposal before the next Congress.
Vote required a two-third (2/3) majority
Yes = 41, Yes= 1, Abstained 12
Result - Approved
Executive Board's Proposal re Articles des Associations modification Explanation that as per Swiss law Explanation: the constitution must be amended and updated if there are a few items needed to be approved by the Congress - for example change of board members and mandatory two signatures for formal confirmation.
Vote required 50%+1
Yes = 51, Yes= 0, Abstained = 1
Result - Approved
1st Day of the Congress closed at 19:35
10 September 2022, 2nd Day of the Congress at 10:05
2nd Day of the Congress closed at 21:00