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Oceania Paralympic Committee (
acronym An acronym is a type of abbreviation consisting of a phrase whose only pronounced elements are the initial letters or initial sounds of words inside that phrase. Acronyms are often spelled with the initial Letter (alphabet), letter of each wor ...
: OPC) is an organisation based in
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,
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. It is an
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that congregates the 9
National Paralympic Committees A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...
(NPCs) of
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.


History

The Oceania Paralympic Committee was formed in 2006 when the FESPIC Federation was divided into two separate bodies, the Oceania Paralympic Committee and the
Asian Paralympic Committee The Asian Paralympic Committee (acronym: APC) is an organization based in United Arab Emirates. It has 45 National Paralympic Committees of the Asian continent as members. It organizes the Asian Para Games and is affiliated to the International P ...
(APC).


Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognised by the
International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; ) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nin ...
(IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.


See also

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Oceania National Olympic Committees The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) is an international organization that congregates the 17 National Olympic Committee, National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Oceania. It often assembles with other continental NOCs in the form of the ...


References


External links


Official website
{{paralympics-stub * Paralympic Committees Sports organisations of Australia 2006 establishments in Oceania Sports organizations established in 2006 Parasports competitions in Oceania