Asian Paralympic Committee

Asian Paralympic Committee

Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	United Arab Emirates
Membership	42 National Paralympic Committees
Official language	English
President	Majid Rashed[1]
Website	asianparalympic.org

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) is an organization based in United Arab Emirates. Its members are the is 42 National Paralympic Committees of the Asian region, who are also members of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

History

The Asian Paralympic Committee was formed on 30 October 2002 in Busan, Republic of Korea, following a motion presented by NPC Malaysia at the 1999 IPC General Assembly.

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.

Nation	Code	National Paralympic Committee	Created	Ref.
Afghanistan	AFG	Afghanistan Paralympic Committee		[2]
Bahrain	BRN	Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation-Bahrain Paralympic Committee		[2]
Brunei	BRU	Paralympic Council of Brunei Darussalam		[2]
Cambodia	CAM	National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia		[2]
China	CHN	Chinese Paralympic Committee		[2]
Chinese Taipei	TPE	Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee		[2]
Hong Kong	HKG	Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled		[2]
India	IND	Paralympic Committee of India		[2]
Indonesia	INA	National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia		[2]
Iran	IRI	I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee		[2]
Iraq	IRQ	Iraqi National Paralympic Committee		[2]
Japan	JPN	Japan Paralympic Committee	1999	[2]
Jordan	JOR	Jordan Paralympic Committee		[2]
Kazakhstan	KAZ	National Paralympic Committee of Kazakhstan		[2]
South Korea	KOR	Korean Paralympic Committee	2006	[2]
Kuwait	KUW	Kuwait Paralympic Committee		[2]
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	National Paralympic Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic		[2]
Laos	LAO	Lao Paralympic Committee		[2]
Lebanon	LIB	Lebanese Paralympic Committee		[2]
Macau	MAC	Associacion Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau		[2]
Malaysia	MAS	Malaysian Paralympic Council		[2]
Mongolia	MGL	Mongolian Paralympic Committee		[2]
Myanmar	MYA	National Paralympic Committee of Myanmar		[2]
Nepal	NEP	National Paralympic Committee Nepal		[2]
Oman	OMA	Oman Paralympic Committee		[2]
Pakistan	PAK	National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan		[2]
Palestine	PLE	Palestinian Paralympic Committee		[2]
Philippines	PHI	Philippine Sports Association of the Differently Abled	1997	[2]
Qatar	QAT	Qatar Paralympic Committee		[2]
Saudi Arabia	KSA	Paralympic Committee of Saudi Arabia		[2]
Singapore	SIN	Singapore National Paralympic Council		[2]
Sri Lanka	SRI	National Federation of Sports for the Disabled		[2]
Syria	SYR	Syrian Paralympic Committee		[2]
Tajikistan	TJK	Tajik Paralimpic Committee		[2]
Thailand	THA	Paralympic Committee of Thailand	1985	[2]
Timor-Leste	TLS	Comité Paralimpico Nacional de Timor-Leste		[2]
Turkmenistan	TKM	National Paralympic Committee of Turkmenistan		[2]
United Arab Emirates	UAE	UAE Paralympic Committee		[2]
Uzbekistan	UZB	Uzbekistan National Paralympic Association		[2]
Vietnam	VIE	Vietnam Paralympic Association		[2]
Yemen	YEM	Yemen Paralympic Association		[2]

See also

• Olympic Council of Asia

References

External links

• Asian Paralympic Committee - official Website

Regional organizations of National Paralympic Committees
All-Africa Games Asian Para Games Parapan American Games
Africa	ASCOD – African Paralympic Committee
Americas	APC – Americas Paralympic Committee
Asia	APC – Asian Paralympic Committee
Europe	EPC – European Paralympic Committee
Oceania	OPC – Oceania Paralympic Committee