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FIFA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON 2010 WORLD CUP

The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and related projects, as well as the new Code of Ethics, will be key points on the agenda for FIFA’s Executive Committee meeting to be held in Zurich on 15 September.

The FIFA Executive Committee, chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, will be meeting for the first time since the conclusion of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in Germany. FIFA’s flagship event, including the 2010 competition in South Africa and various related projects, will be the subject of reports, discussions and decisions. The “Win in Africa with Africa” initiative, which will run alongside the 2010 World Cup, is now taking shape and the “FIFA Fund for a Better World” requires ratification.

The FIFA Executive Committee will also discuss how to implement the various decisions passed by football’s “parliament”. One key point will be the ratification of the new Code of Ethics to regulate the composition, purpose and duties of the new FIFA Ethics Committee, the creation of which was approved in Munich. The FIFA President will also deliver a report on the continued activities of FIFA’s Task Force “For the Good of the Game”.

In other matters, the committee will discuss a number of pending or closed cases relating to FIFA’s member associations, and will deliberate on other legal and sports-political matters.