AMMAN — The
International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced the members of the new
Safeguarding Council, which seeks to advise and follow up on issues regarding
the protection of vulnerable groups amongst basketball players and is headed by
the council’s Founding Chairman HRH Prince Feisal bin Al-Hussein.
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In consultation
with Prince Feisal six members were appointed to the council including
Slovakia’s four-time Olympian Danka Bartekova, FIBA Americas President Carol
Callan, basketball star Astou Ndour-Fall, Romanian Basketball Federation
President Carmen Tocala, award-winning journalist Alan Abrahamson, and
FIBA Chief Operating Officer Patrick Mariller, with the majority of the council
being independent members, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
“In our ever-evolving world of sport and Olympism,
safeguarding principles and standards have become instrumental tools in
ensuring that everyone practices, plays and experiences sport in a free and
safe way, protected from all types of harm and abuse,” Prince Feisal said.
Ensuring that
sport is a respectful and equitable environment for everyone involved takes
time and effort and demands decision making that answers today’s challenges and
clears the path for the participation of tomorrow’s youth. The proactive steps
that FIBA is taking to ensure the sport of basketball is accessible and safe
are the right steps forward, at the right moment,” he added.
The appointment of
Prince Feisal came during a FIBA Board of Directors which was held at the
Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies,
Switzerland in April.
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