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Saturday, 21 November 2009 12:25 |
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The newly established Korfball Federations in Nepal and Belarus joined the International Korfball Federation following admission by the IKF General Meeting.
Nepal has already been active internationally by participating in the Asian Championship. Development work in Nepal has been conducted by the Korfball Federation of India. In Belarus, recently an extensive course has taken place, and interest in the school system is huge. Development work in Belarus has been conducted by the Russian Korfball Federation. As a certified English translation of the statutes did not meet the deadline for the meeting's paperwork, the admisison of Belarus is subject to this translation being submitted and meeting the IKF requirements.
In other membership decisions, the General Meeting ratified the earlier admissions of the Korfball Federations of Pakistan, Botswana and Croatia. Also, due to membership criteria no longer being met, the IKF General Meeting ceased the membership of the korfball federations of Papua New Guinea and Bonaire. The IKF now counts 57 members and it well underway towards reaching its target of 60 member countries in 2011.
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