International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates says challenging China on its human rights record as Beijing prepares to host the 2022 Winter Games is 바카라not in our remit." (More Sports News)
There has been widespread criticism of Beijing's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the northwest China region of Xinjiang, which rights groups say amounts to genocide, as well as its crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong and its policies toward Tibet and Taiwan.
Coates, who is also president of the Australian Olympic Committee, said while human rights were an important part of the fundamental principles of the Olympics the IOC had to respect the sovereignty of the host country.
바카라The IOC's remit is to ensure that there is no human rights abuses in respect of the conduct of the Games within the National Olympic Committee, or within the Olympic movement,바카라 Coates told the National Press Club in Australia's capital, Canberra, on Wednesday.
바카라We have no ability to go into a country and tell them what to do.바카라
Coates said the IOC was 바카라not a world government.바카라
바카라We have to respect the sovereignty of the countries who are hosting the Games,바카라 Coates said.
바카라The work the IOC is doing is to protect the Olympians and those involved in the Olympic (Games) 바카라 that's within our remit"
The Beijing Winter Games are scheduled to run from Feb. 4-20, with the Paralympics set to follow from March 4-13. The Chinese capital hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008.
