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Majority of the National Federations support the Constitution and Electoral Congress

The IWF is pleased that so far 130 Member Federations have expressed their support of the decision made to hold the Constitution and Electoral Congress during 24-28 March, 2021.

The names of the Countries supporting the proposals are:

Africa (25): Algeria, Botswana, Cameroun, Comores, Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Asia (42): Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Democ. P. R. Korea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Europe (28): Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia Herczeg., Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine
Oceania (13): Australia, Guam, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti,Vanuatu
Panamerica (22): Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela

The Executive Board is also pleased and appreciative that Colombia has become the first IWF Member Federation to propose improvements and amendments to the IWF Constitution which is welcomed and the Board urges all Member Federations to take this opportunity to make their proposals, their suggestions, which will be forwarded to the Reform and Governance Commission for careful consideration.