49th ICSD Congress Minutes - Vienna 2022

9 - 10 September 2022 | Vienna, Austria

09 September 2022, 1st Day of the Congress started at 10:00

  1. Welcome by ICSD President and Host Country:
    1. ICSD President, Gustavo PERAZZOLO expressed his happiness that we had come together through the difficult period of the COVID-19 pandemic and expressed his sincere gratitude to each country for sending representatives to help shape the future of the ICSD.
    2. President of Austrian Deaf Sports Federation, Günther DUSCHET welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Congress hosting federation.
    3. In Memoriam:


      2019
      AL NAJJAR Nordin (BEL)
      BECKENBAUER-WENIG Dieter (GER)
      BRAATHEN (Wroldsen) Bjorg (NOR)
      CITAK Ilhan (TUR)
      FELDE Vladimir (RUS)
      ILCHIKABIR Abolhassan (IRI)
      ISOMAKI Sauli (FIN)
      KANEV Guitcho (BUL)
      KUJALA Simo (FIN)
      LAINE Tapio (FIN)
      MARTOLA Terttu (FIN)
      NIKOLOV Nikolay (BUL)
      PREISAGALAVICIENE Lidija (LTU)
      RANNIKKO Sulo (FIN)
      RANTANEN Matti (FIN)
      RAUSCH Hans (FRG)
      SCHEEPSTRA Cornelis (NED)
      SENINA Lidia (URS)
      SMIRNOV Oleg (RUS)
      SMOLINSKI Mieczyslaw (POL)
      SORENSEN Petter (NOR)
      TIAINEN Tero (FIN)
      TOEDTER Hans (GER)
      VAN BEEK Casparina (NED)
      VERHELS Germain (BEL)
      WALBAEKKEN Einar Odd (NOR)

      2020
      AASEN Svein (NOR)
      BOYTSOV Alexander (RUS)
      CASWELL Richard (USA)
      DE ROOSE Boudewyn (BEL)
      DE ROOSE Ivan (BEL)
      DELATORRE Sentil (BRA)
      DORTLAND Martien (NED)
      EMBRECHTS Mady (BEL)
      FIRIC Dragan (CRO)
      GUNNERUD Bjarne (NOR)
      HEIKKILA Voitto (FIN)
      JOHANSEN Erik (NOR)
      KLIEWER Werner (GER)
      FERKOUNE Larbi (ALG)
      LOLAEV Ruslan (URS)
      MCILWRATH Winston (IRL)
      MEHLUM-KAMERLING Adriana (NED)
      MITCHELL Kevin (AUS)
      OKUNEV Valentin (RUS)
      PECIULIENE Ona (LTU)
      ROUSSEAU Edmond (BEL)
      SEYEDJAVADI Mohammad Reza Haj (IRI)
      SYTOV Valentin (RUS)
      VASAK Ivan (HUN)
      WALLENIUS Tuure (FIN)
      WEBB Edward (GBR)
      ZWAAL Hendrik (NED)

      2021
      AGATHOKLEOUS Marinos (CYP)
      AL HAIMI Talal Afif (YEM)
      AL-SUDANI Haider Majeed Shafi (IRQ)
      BABIC Adrian (SVK)
      BEREZHNOV Sergey (RUS)
      DUBUISSON René (BEL)
      DUDIN Roman (RUS)
      GALLI Fausto (ITA)
      GARBERG Olaf (NOR)
      GOLUBEVA Iraida (RUS)
      GRINEV Mikhail (RUS)
      FORMEISTER-MOLLUS Marianna (POL)
      HEYDARZADEH Gholamhossein (IRI)
      HOGBERG Goran (SWE)
      JANIEC Stanislaw (POL)
      JEGERSEN Harry (NOR)
      JOHNSON Lark (CAN)
      KARIMOV Mukim (UZB)
      KONING Marten (NED)
      LEE Hsin-Ta (TPE)
      LUKICHEV Alexander (RUS)
      MAXAJWE Julius (RSA)
      MILESIC Ivica (BIH)
      PANEV Vassil (BUL)
      PECIULIS Sarunas Stanislovas (LTU)
      ROS Cornelis (NED)
      SAIF NIMRAN Ibrahim (YEM)
      SIROUSPOUR Parviz (IRI)
      STANIC Nikola (CRO)
      SVEC Darko (CRO)
      TAN Keng Ying (SGP)
      TURNER Jonathan (USA)
      VAN BUGGENHOUT Danny (BEL)
      WEBSTER Michael (GBR)
      WOINSKA-CHMIELAK Maria (POL)
      ZIOLKOVSKI Maciej (POL)
      ZOHOVSKIS Zigmunds (LAT)

      2022
      DHUYVETTER Rafaël (BEL)
      DOYLE James (IRL)
      GAST Rudolf (GER)
      GREB Edward (POL)
      HARGREAVES Edward (GBR)
      KINT Paul (BEL)
      KNEZIC Marijan (CRO)
      RADOSTINA Inessa (RUS)
      SHEVNIN Vyacheslav (RUS)
      SOKOL Jerzy (POL)
      ZOVKO Grozdana (CRO)
      ZUNJIC Palmira (CRO)
      WOZNIAK Jan (POL)

  2. Roll Call to present countries:
    51 National federations and 4 International Deaf Sports Federations were present with 3 more National federations coming later one by one total for the day 58 members:


    Countries
    ALG - Algeria
    ARG - Argentina
    AUS - Australia
    AUT - Austria
    BRN - Bahrain
    BEL - Belgium
    BIH - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    BRA - Brazil
    BUL - Bulgaria
    CMR - Cameroon
    CAN - Canada
    TPE - Chinese Taipei
    CRO - Croatia
    CYP - Cyprus
    CZE - Czech Republic
    DEN - Denmark
    EST - Estonia
    FIN - Finland
    FRA - France
    GER - Germany
    GBR - Great Britain
    GRE - Greece
    HUN - Hungary
    IND - India
    IRI - Iran
    ISR - Israel
    ITA - Italy
    JPN - Japan
    KOR - Korea
    KUW - Kuwait
    LAT - Latvia
    LTU - Lithuania
    MAS - Malaysia
    NED - Netherlands
    NEP - Nepal
    NOR - Norway
    POL - Poland
    RUS - Russian Federation
    KSA - Saudi Arabia
    SEN - Senegal
    SRB - Serbia
    SVK - Slovakia
    SLO - Slovenia
    RSA - South Africa
    ESP - Spain
    SUI - Switzerland
    SWE - Sweden
    TUR - Turkey
    UKR - Ukraine
    UAE - United Arab Emirates

    Associate Members
    DIBF - Deaf International Basketball Federation
    DIFA - Deaf International Football Association
    ICCD - International Chess Committee of the Deaf
    WDGF - World Deaf Golf Federation

    1. 79 out of 120 members are of good standing and all present at the Congress meet the quorum in line with 7.4.1 of ICSD Constitution.

  3. Appointment of Scrutineers:

    Patrik Drivstedt (Sweden)
    Memnos Costi (H-3)
    Albert Wong Tuowg Chui (Malaysia)

  4. Ratification of minutes of 47th Congress in Verceia, Italy:
    Vote required 50%+1
    Yes = 40, No = 0, Abstain = 7
    Result - Approved

  5. Ratification of minutes of 48th Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland:

    1. DIBF protested as the minutes were not properly listed as he claimed the paragraph was omitted from the minutes. He claimed his proposal for three items were approved but he saw only one item was approved. The missing items are as follows:

      - Constitution 3.3.1: Removal of “the technical aspect of”.
      - Constitution 7.5: Equal rights to propose and vote as a Full Member.
      - Constitution 5.4.9: Shared responsibility with Regional Deaf Sports Confederations in the running of the qualifying rounds / matches to the World Deaf Championships and the Deaflympics.

      DIBF's proposal:
      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 39, No = 8, Abstain = 5
      Result - Approved

    2. Ratification of minutes of 48th Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland:

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 41, No = 3, Abstain = 4
      Result - Approved

  6. ICSD Report for the period of 2017- 2022
    1. Dmitry REBROV, ICSD CEO presented a report for the period of July 2017 - November 2021, and also stated that the lawsuits filed since November 2021 have been concluded under the Swiss Judicial Authority and that the ICSD has proved its compliance with the Constitution and other relevant documents.
    2. Daniel FELLI gave an update on the progress of the 2021 financial report preparation. The 2021 audited financial statement is still progress and is not ready to present. The 2021 audited financial statement will be released for next Congress. The communication with the IOC regards the previous audited financial statements is going well and that there is a good outlook to move forward with future financial planning with the new Executive Board.
    3. Vice President - World Sports presented a report for the period of November 2021 - September 2022, and he stressed that the EB members had fulfilled their assigned roles within the scope of the EB's authority as approved by the Extraordinary Congress in November 2021.

    4. President reported that the Chair of the Athlete Commission, Katrin NEUDOLT is a new member of the Executive Board.

      DIBF asked whether the Executive Board was acting on the lack of payment to referees in the basketball competitions at the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul.

      CEO responded that he is discussing financial issues with the Organising Committee.

      BRA highlighted that Brazil Deaf Sports Federation has been not part of the Organising Committee.

      BEL asked that the GAISF evaluation report be shared with members in the viewpoint of transparency.

      CEO stated that the request was acceptable.

      DEN requested that the Executive Board discuss carefully which information to share with members, as transparency is important.

  7. Approval of this Congress agenda
    Vote required 50%+1
    Yes = 45, Yes= 0, Abstained = 3
    Result - Approved

  8. Recognition and admission of new member federations:
    - Gabon
    - Montenegro
    Vote required 50%+1
    Yes = 54, No = 0, Abstain = 0
    Result - Approved

  9. Regional Confederations reports were given by Iosif STAVRAKAKIS, Mohammad PARGAR, and Pedro BONNASSIOLLE.
  10. The Athlete Commission report was given by Katrin NEUDOLT.
  11. The Legal Commission report was given by Robert MATHER.

  12. The Investigation Task Force (TF) report was given by Hiroshi TAMON.

    The ongoing disputes over the validity of the ICSD's Congress did not allow the investigation to proceed simultaneously. To this end, the TF will prepare draft recommendations and distribute them to the members; TF will set up a 30-day comment period after which a final draft will be prepared and published after approval by the Executive Board. In order to carry out this work, TF would appreciate approval for an extension of TF's term. Note that one of the members, KUSIAK Mark, will resign if he is elected to the Executive Board.

    WDGF asked if TF will send the draft version with International Sign video clip.

    TAMON accepted the request.

    NED asked about the duration of the TF extension.

    TAMON replied that the extension period depends on the status of the dispute.

  13. Proposals and Motions:

    1. Executive Board's Proposal No 1
      The EB proposes to modify Section 3.3 Associate Members as follows:

      3.3.1 An Associate Member shall consist of an International Deaf Sports Federation (IDSF) responsible for the technical aspect of one (1) sport, acting in pursuance with the objectives and the relevant principles of Olympism and shall be recognized as an international sports body with aims, objectives and purposes consistent with the ICSD Constitution.

      Vote required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
      Yes = 45, Yes= 0, Abstained = 3
      Result - Approved

    2. Executive Board's Proposal No 2
      The Executive Board proposes to amend Article 8.7 as follows:

      8.7 Subject to the Presidents of the four Regional Deaf Sports Confederations and the Chairperson of the Athletes Commission, the Executive Board members shall normally be elected for a four (4) year term by the Congress to be held prior the Summer Deaflympics. If elected at another moment, the Executive Board member's term shall be for the remainder of the four (4) year period until the next Congress prior to the Summer Deaflympics Congress held in the same year as the Summer Deaflympics.

      NED: what happens if the Deaflympics take place at the end of the year?
      CEO: It will be rare but otherwise the Congress can take place before the Games.
      DEN: What if the President-elect before the Deaflympics?
      President: Exceptionally rare case immediately before the Games.
      ICCD: After the Games is better.
      KOSA: We will be responsible and thoughtful for the sake of Deaflympics

      Vote required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
      Yes = 55, Yes= 1, Abstained = 1
      Result - Approved

    3. Executive Board's Proposal No 3
      The Executive Board proposes to amend Section 10.5 as follows:

      The Ethics Commission members shall be elected for a four (4) year term by the Congress held in the same year as the Summer Deaflympics.
      Vote required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
      Yes = 49, Yes= 0, Abstained = 2
      Result - Approved

    4. Executive Board's Proposal No 4

      2.6 ICSD properties
      2.6.1. The ICSD properties are:
      - The ICSD symbol
      - The ICSD flag
      - The ICSD motto
      - The ICSD anthem
      - ICSD identifications
      - ICSD emblems
      - The Deaflympics flame and torches
      The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) owns all rights on the ICSD properties.

      2.6.2. The ICSD symbol, flag, motto, anthem, identifications (including but not limited to “Deaflympics” and “World Deaf Championships”), emblems, flame and torches and any other musical works, audio- visual works or other creative works or artefacts commissioned in connection with the Deaflympics and World Deaf Championships by the ICSD, the NDSFs and/or the OCs, may, for convenience, be collectively or individually referred to as “ICSD properties”. All rights to the ICSD properties, as well as all rights to the use thereof, belong exclusively to the ICSD, including but not limited to the use for any profit-making, commercial or advertising purposes. The ICSD may license all or part of its rights on terms and conditions set forth by the ICSD Executive Board.

      DEN: Only member countries can use?
      CEO: Yes

      Vote required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
      Yes = 52, Yes= 0, Abstained = 1
      Result - Approved

    5. NOR's Proposal re Constitution 3.6.1.4 Gender Balance in Management
    6. NOR's Proposal re Constitution 7.6.3 Gender Balance in Delegates (1:1)
    7. NOR's Proposal re Constitution 8.5 Gender Balance in EB (7:3)
    8. NOR's Proposal re Constitution 10.7 Gender Balance in Commissions
    9. SWE's Proposal re Constitution 7.6.3 Gender Balance in Delegates (1:1, 1:2, 2:1)
    10. SWE's Proposal re Constitution 8.5 Gender Balance in EB (6:4)

    11. Action: In response to the proposal 13.5 - 13.9 above, another proposal was made by the EB: as gender balance is an important theme for the ICSD, an ad-hoc commission will be set up to draft a revised Constitution and a concrete plan, and this commission will make a proposal before the next Congress.

      Vote required a two-third (2/3) majority
      Yes = 41, Yes= 1, Abstained 12
      Result - Approved

    12. NOR and SWE withdrew the proposals 13.5 - 13.9 and accepted that the items will be brought into the ad-hoc commission

    13. Executive Board's Proposal re Articles des Associations modification Explanation that as per Swiss law Explanation: the constitution must be amended and updated if there are a few items needed to be approved by the Congress - for example change of board members and mandatory two signatures for formal confirmation.

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 51, Yes= 0, Abstained = 1
      Result - Approved

    14. Executive Board's Proposal re Exclusion of Two Individuals from the Congress
      Action: Since EB learned on 08 September 2022 that the last lawsuit against ICSD was rejected by the Swiss court, EB withdrew this proposal.
    15. Executive Board's Proposal re Request for Withdrawal of Pending Lawsuits
      Action: The same as 13.14 above, EB withdrew this proposal.
    16. Executive Board's Proposal re Honorary Life Member
      Action: EB proposed to move this to 23 Awards.

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 50, Yes= 0, Abstained = 0
      Result - Approved
    17. Executive Board's Proposal re Adoption of the Task Force Report
      Action: EB proposed that TF's completed report would be submitted at the next Congress.

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 52, Yes= 0, Abstained = 1
      Result - Approved
    18. Executive Board's Motions re Expulsion of NDSFs

      Action 1: After an exchange of information on the status of the subject members, it was agreed that the regional confederations would take the leadership role in ascertaining more accurate information and advising the subject countries, and report back to the Secretariat by 31 December 2022.

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 52, Yes= 1, Abstained = 3
      Result - Approved

      Action 2: EB proposed that old debts up to 2017 to be declared bad debts.
      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 51, Yes= 1, Abstained = 1
      Result - Approved

    14. 1st Day of the Congress closed at 19:35

    10 September 2022, 2nd Day of the Congress at 10:05

  14. Roll Call to present countries:
    58 members are present.

    Full Members
    ALG - Algeria
    ARG - Argentina
    AUS - Australia
    AUT - Austria
    BRN - Bahrain
    BEL - Belgium
    BIH - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    BRA - Brazil
    BUL - Bulgaria
    CMR - Cameroon
    CAN - Canada
    TPE - Chinese Taipei
    CRO - Croatia
    CYP - Cyprus
    CZE - Czech Republic
    DEN - Denmark
    EST - Estonia
    FIN - Finland
    FRA - France
    GAB - Gabon
    GER - Germany
    GBR - Great Britain
    GRE - Greece
    HUN - Hungary
    IND - India
    IRI - Iran
    ISR - Israel
    ITA - Italy
    JPN - Japan
    KOR - Korea
    KUW - Kuwait
    LAT - Latvia
    LTU - Lithuania
    MAS - Malaysia
    NED - Netherlands
    NEP - Nepal
    NOR - Norway
    POL - Poland
    RUS - Russian Federation
    KSA - Saudi Arabia
    SEN - Senegal
    SRB - Serbia
    SVK - Slovakia
    SLO - Slovenia
    SUI - Switzerland
    RSA - South Africa
    ESP - Spain
    SWE - Sweden
    TUR - Turkey
    UKR - Ukraine
    UAE - United Arab Emirates

    Associate Members
    DIBF - Deaf International Basketball Federation
    DIFA - Deaf International Football Association
    ICCD - International Chess Committee of the Deaf
    WDGF - World Deaf Golf Federation
  15. Motions:
    1. Executive Board's Motion
      ICSD Executive Board proposed to add new sport Sailing into the 2029 Summer Deaflympics Program.
      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 55, No = 0, Abstain = 2
      Result - Approved
    2. Executive Board's Motion
      ICSD Executive Board proposes to recognize Chess as summer sport and start in the 2029 Summer Deaflympics Program. Last Chess competition will be held in the 2027 Winter Deaflympics.

      DEN: What about futsal? Moving to Summer Games too, since IOC Charter defines Winter Sports as those sports which are practised on snow or ice.

      CEO: Futsal has never been conducted at the Deaflympics yet. So Executive Board withdrew its motion on futsal. There is room for consideration once it has been conducted.

      HUN: The IOC has not adopted chess as an Olympic sport; the ICSD could follow the IOC's lead and remove it from the Deaflympics and make it a continuation of the World Championships by the ICCD.

      CEO: ICSD Congress in 2017 had approved Chess as a Deaflympic sport.

      GBR: Should ICSD follow the IOC Charter? How does the ICSD view the increasing number of Summer Deaflympics sports and the decreasing number of Winter Deaflympics sports? Financial aspects should be taken into account.

      CRO: ICSD signed MOU with IOC and the MOU says IOC respects ICSD's sole decision. The Winter Games must keep high numbers of participants to encourage more bids for the Winter Games

      CEO: The ICSD should not be given special treatment and allowed to decide on everything. It should explore all possibilities for winter sports, including new ones, in line with the IOC Charter.

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 40, No = 8, Abstain = 7
      Result - Approved
    3. Executive Board's motion
      ICSD Executive Board proposed to return sport Water Polo and add into the 2029 Summer Deaflympics Program. Last Water Polo competition was at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics in Chinese Taipei.

      DIBF: ICSD should follow procedures when adding new sports to the Deaflympics sports. Proven records of hosting World Championships and demonstrations at the Deaflympics.

      GER: We had tried to host International Deaf Water Polo games a few years ago but very few countries showed interests.

      ESP: We should delete some sports if we add new sports to Deaflympics sports.

      JPN: It should be noted that the addition of new sports to the Deaflympics imposes a financial burden on the host country. The EB should be asked to conduct a study on this point.

      HUN: The premise of the discussion is that the number of people playing water polo will increase.

      WDGF: World Championships must be hosted at least twice before we open discussion.

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 6, No = 34, Abstain = 12
      Result - Not Approved
    4. Executive Board's Motion re MoU with IDSFs
      Explanation: Only how EB proceeds with MOUs with four IDSFs.

      WDGF: Other new sports federations should include.

      DIBF: Thanks for quick job.

      No vote
    5. Australia's Motion re Gender Balance
      Action: As above from yesterday discussion AUS accepts to final decision re Ad hoc commission.

      No vote.
    6. Malaysia's Motions re World Deaf Sports Improvement (Improve qualifying and point ranking systems for Deaflympics and World Deaf Championships, promote new International Deaf Sport Federations)

      DEN: Several championships as qualifying matches to Deaflympics should be right path to the Games

      LTU: Needs qualifying as finance support

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 52, No = 0, Abstained = 4
      Result - Approved
    7. Uzbekistan's Motion re Participation to Deaflympics

      Not discussed as UZB delegate did not turn up.
    8. Other issues:

      IND and BRN asked to add new other proposals to agenda.

      The Constitution requires approval by two-thirds (2/3) majority in order to add a new agenda item to the agenda approved at the beginning of the Congress. As the attendees needed to know what the new agenda item was, this vote was postponed to the afternoon of the same day on the authority of the President.
  16. Final Report from 2019 Winter Deaflympics Organizing Committee

    ITA: Reported. See attached slides.
  17. Selection of the venue for 2023 Winter Deaflympics
    AUT explained the current situation in which Innsbruck is being negotiated with the relevant authorities as a hosting city. However, it has not received any support letters etc. Therefore, the Congress needs to transfer its authority to the Executive Board to decide on the venue, including Plan B in the event that it becomes difficult to hold Winter Deaflympics in Austria in 2023 or 2024.

    BRA: The World Deaf Youth Games will be held in Brazil in January 2024 and the dates should not overlap.

    Lanesman: We will try to solve later.

    Vote required 50%+1
    Yes = 53, No = 0, Abstained = 1
    Result - Approved
  18. Selection of the venue for 2025 Summer Deaflympics
    JPN showed three letters of support from the Japanese Government, the JOC and the Governor of Tokyo for the proposal to host the 2025 Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo.

    Several countries asked questions about the timing and logistics of the 2025 Summer Deaflympics, which were answered by Japan.

    Vote required 50%+1
    Yes = 57, No = 0, Abstained = 0
    Result - Approved
  19. Selection of the venue for 2027 Winter Deaflympics
    KOR explained that negotiations are underway with the Government and others to host the 2027 Winter Deaflympics.

    No vote.
  20. Selection of the venue for 2029 Summer Deaflympics
    ESP and GRE express their interest in hosting 2029 Summer Deaflympics.

    No vote.
  21. Confirmation of the venue for 2023 and 2027 World Youth Deaf Games.

    BRA expressed its interest to host 2024 World Youth Deaf Games in Sao Paulo with presentation of detailed information including sport venues.

    TPE expressed its interest to host 2027 World Youth Deaf Games in Taipei with presentation of detailed information.

    Vote for 2024 required 50%+1
    Yes = 55, Yes= 0, Abstained = 0
    Result - Approved

    Vote for 2027 required 50%+1
    Yes = 55, Yes = 0, Abstained = 0
    Result - Approved
  22. Awards
    1. Rubens Alcais Award
      EB announced the winner of the Ruben Alcais Award is Poland Deaf Sports Federation
    2. Medal of Honour Award
      EB announced the winner of the Medal of Honour is Martin BOGARD.
  23. Additional issues from BRN and IND:
    1. BRN stated that it would like to add a new item to the agenda stating that the Constitution should state that deaf sports organisations are independent organisations that are not affiliated to any disability sports organisation or Paralympic organisation.

      Vote to add this new item to the agenda, required a two-thirds (2/3) majority
      Yes 29 - Yes 17 - Abstained 8
      Result - Not passed
    2. IND stated that it would like to add a new item to the agenda, which states that the ICSD should lobby for the Deaflympics to be held in the same year as the Olympic and Paralympic Games. EB explained to IND that this request has been repeated before and will continue to be considered by the EB. Then IND has withdrawn this request.
  24. Election of the ICSD Executive Board and Ethic Commission for 2022 - 2025 term (secret ballot by paper)
    1. CRO: The 'elected members of the ICSD Executive Board' in ICSD Charter 8.5 should be limited to seven (7) Executive Board members elected by Congress, instead of twelve (12) Executive Board members.

      Vote required 50%+1
      Yes = 9, No = 42, Abstain = 3
      Result - Not Passed
    2. President:

      GRIGORYAN Grigor, Armenia - 0 votes
      KOSA Adam, Hungary - 37 votes
      PERAZZOLO Gustavo, Brazil - 10 votes
      REBROV Dmitry, Russia - 11 votes

      KOSA Adam is declared a winner.
    3. Vice President - World Sports

      FERNANDEZ Ralph, United States - 11 votes
      OSUGI Yutaka, Japan - 47 votes

      OSUGI Yutaka is declared a winner.
    4. Vice President - Youth Sports

      LANESMAN David, Israel - Yes: 24 votes - No: 34 votes

      This seat is vacant.
    5. Member At Large:
      First top four (4) names with highest votes are elected

      JANIEC Jaroslaw, Poland - 42 votes
      KASITSKIY Leonid, Ukraine - 25 votes
      KUSIAK Mark, Canada - 46 votes
      LEE Jong Hak, Korea - 8 votes
      LIGAY Elvira, Uzbekistan - 1 vote
      POLIVANCHUK Alexandra, Sweden - 49 votes
      SAMUELI Pier Alexandro, Italy - 46 votes

      POLIVANCHUK Alexandra, KUSIAK Mark, SAMUELI Pier Alexandro, and JANIEC Jaroslaw are declared winners.
    6. Ethics Commission (3 members):

      CHEN Kang, Chinese Taipei - 35 votes
      ROINE Bjorn, Norway - 42 votes

      CHEN Kang and ROINE Bjorn are declared winners.
  25. Closing address
    1. ICSD President, Gustavo PERAZZOLO thanked everyone for a very productive Congress and wish the attendants to return safe trip and their support for the new EB in the future.
    2. President of Austrian Deaf Sports Federation, DUSCHET Günther mentioned welcoming the attendants to a dinner hosted by his federation.
    3. A new ICSD President, KOSA Adam expressed his sincere thanks to DUSCHET for organizing the Congress and to PERAZZOLO for running the agenda after the hard period of 10 months. Then he looks forward to ICSD's next 3 years with fruitful collaboration and asked all the attendants to be patient and support us for the rebuilding further.

2nd Day of the Congress closed at 21:00

NOTICE: The confirmation of the minutes of 49th ICSD Congress Minutes at Vienna AUS will be presented for approval during the 51th ICSD Ordinary Congress.

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