The Executive Board welcomes Al Quds bidding file for the title of SCIC
A decision taken during the 30th meeting of ISSF Executive Board held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the 3rd of Shaa’ban, 1440 (corresponding to April 8th, 2019) under the chairmanship of it’s the ISSF President HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki ALFAISAL, to welcome the submission of Palestine bidding file to nominate “Al Quds Al- Sharif” for the title of Sports Capital of the Islamic Countries (SCIC) for 2020, where the file was prepared by the Palestine Higher Council for Youth & Sport and the Palestine Olympic Committee.
The decision authorizes the ISSF General Secretariat to coordinate with the officials in charge of said file of nominating Al Quds, so that a comprehensive file can be combined and presented during the next meeting of ISSF General Assembly.
The ISSF Executive Board thanked both the Palestine Higher Council for Youth & Sport and the Palestine Olympic Committee for their distinctive file submitted and for their keen interest to host this event in Al Quds.
It is worth mentioning that the delegation of Palestine has made remarkable efforts, during the ISSF General Assembly, that preceded the ISSF Executive board meeting, to present the file in a luxurious edition on that suits the gorgeous name of the city Al Quds and a copy thereof was distribute to each delegation in the meeting.
If the candidacy was approved by the ISSF General Assembly during its coming meeting to be held in the last third of current year 2019), the city of Al Quds, will be the first city to be named as the Sports Capital of Islamic Countries.