International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation
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| Sport | Mountaineering Climbing |
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| Jurisdiction | International |
| Abbreviation | UIAA |
| Founded | August 1932 |
| Headquarters | Bern, Switzerland |
| President | Peter Muir |
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The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union internationale des associations d'alpinisme (UIAA; French for 'International Union of Alpine Clubs'), was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, France when 20 mountaineering associations met for an alpine congress. Count Charles Egmond d'Arcis, from Switzerland, was chosen as the first president and it was decided by the founding members that the UIAA would be an international federation which would be in charge of the "study and solution of all problems regarding mountaineering".[1] The UIAA Safety Label was created in 1960 and was internationally approved in 1965 and currently (2015) has a global presence on five continents with 86 member associations in 62 countries representing over 3 million people.[2]
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with the IOC recommendations, the UIAA suspended all UIAA officials from Russia, and delegates from the Russian Mountaineering Federation (RMF) and Russian officials and athletes were excluded from all UIAA-sanctioned activities and events.[3]
References
- ^ "UIAA Foundation & Early years". theuiaa.org. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Apollo, Michal (2017). "The true accessibility of mountaineering: The case of the High Himalaya". Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 17: 29–43. doi:10.1016/j.jort.2016.12.001.
- ^ "UIAA | UIAA Statement on Climbing Restrictions and the Ongoing Situation in Ukraine UIAA". 31 March 2022.
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