United Arab Emirates Paralympic Committee
The country's membership was pending at the 1993 International Paralympic Committee General Assembly in Berlin, Germany. The country became a full member of the International Paralympic Committee in 1995, when their membership was ratified at the 1995 International Paralympic Committee General Assembly in Tokyo, Japan. Other countries that were accepted at that session alongside the United Arab Emirates included Kazakstan, Bermuda, Ukraine, Ivory Coast, Former Yugoslavia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Qatar, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Angola and Bosnia Herzegovina. In 2008, Mohammed Mohammed Fadel Al Hameli because the chairman of the United Arab Emirates Paralympics Committee at a time when the organisation had a new board installed. The new leadership made it a priority to improve sporting facilities accessible for disabled athletes in the country as part of the country's preparations for sending their athletes to the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The Committee decided to focus on developing athletes in the following sports: shooting, powerlifting and wheelchair racing.
In 2010, the country hosted an international forum on Sports for People with a Disability. Participation and hosting of this event was inspiration for the country in trying to host an international Paralympic event. The country is a member of the Asian Paralympic Committee, in the West Asia Sub Region.
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