Ahmad orders setting up new body

Shaikh Ahmad Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE National Olympic Committee (UAE NOC), has directed the setting up of a Consultative Council to further boost the sporting sector in the UAE.

Consisting of competent and experienced personnel in the field of sports and the Olympic movement in particular, the new council is meant to serve as a reference consultative body entrusted with the job of enriching the careers of athletes in the UAE while charting clear paths for a bright future.

Humaid Al Qatami, VicePresident of the UAE NOC and Chairman of the Executive Board, stressed the importance of this latest step as it will have many positives for the Olympic movement of the UAE. “We have highly competent sports figures who will be selected based on certain criteria,” Al Qatami noted.

“The resolutions of Shaikh Ahmad always aim to the development of UAE sport through innovative solutions that serve the interests of athletes.”