Americas Paralympic Committee
Mar Del Plata, Argentina | |
Membership | 33 National Paralympic Committees |
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Official language | Spanish, English, Portuguese, French |
President | Julio César Ávil |
Website | http://www.americasparalympic.org/ |
Americas Paralympic Committee (
Esperanto: Komitato Paralimpika de la Amerikoj ; French: Comité Paralympique des Amériques) is an international IPC regional committee[1] which represents the current 33 National Paralympic Committees of the North American and South American continents.[2] It is affiliated to/with the International Paralympic Committee
and its affiliated bodies.
APC is the body that organizes and oversees the
Summer Paralympics
.
Member countries
In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.
See also
- Pan American Sports Organization
- Parapan American Games
- Pan American Games
References
- ^ IPC Style Guide Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ^ "Americas Paralympic Committee - About us". Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ^ Paralympic boost for T&T Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, trinidadexpress.com, December 1, 2010