Director General OCA visit Japan 17-03-2008

Mr. Husain Al-Musallam, Director General OCA visited Japan, upon the invitation of Minister of Information, Education and Culture, Mr. Matsunami. And other leaders in charge of sports movement in Japan. He discussed with them the progress of sports movement in Asia and thanked the role of Japan in spreading the Olympic Movement in Asia.         

He also met the previous Prime Minister of Japan and the Chairman of the Youth and Sports Council and thanked them for the support provided by Japanese Government to the spread of sports in Asia. He also met the Mayor of Tokyo City.  

Mr. Musallam explained the role of OCA as the biggest sports organization in Asia and the 3rd biggest all over the world.    Mr. Musallam stated that OCA has a long and outstanding sporting experience and has conducted various programme to improve the management of the sports movement in the Asian Continent. One of such programmes is the the OCA Anti-Doping Programme. 

Mr. Musallam thanked the Japanese Government and the Prime Minster of Japan for their support to the OCA and the Asian Sports in general.

Mr. Musallam thanked the Japanese Government for their support to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) by contributing US $ 1.5 million dollars yearly for its various activities. This money will be invested to improve the WADA activity by developing educational programmes for the youth and also the fight against doping.

Regional Office of WADA based in Tokyo agreed to open a sub-regional office in Kuwait inside the premises of OCA to coordinate the anti-doping activities.