Saturday, February 09, 2008

Bush Sends UNESCO Anti-Doping Treaty to Senate

Cycling News reports:
The United States took one step closer to signing a treaty intended to help fight doping in sport when President Bush asked the Senate to ratify the International Convention Against Doping in Sport on Thursday. The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA)-backed agreement, which was drawn up under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has already been ratified by more than 70 other nations.

The UNESCO treaty formalizes global anti-doping rules under the WADA code, getting around issues which prevented some governments, such as the United States, from being legally bound by documents of non-governmental organizations such as WADA.
The White House statement noted that the treaty was in agreement with existing US laws and policies, but the aim was to "solidify our Nation's place as a leader in the worldwide effort to rid athletics of cheating through chemistry."
The administration's decision to move toward ratification of the International Convention Against Doping in Sport is receiving positive press attention worldwide..

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you have copy writer for so good articles? If so please give me contacts, because this really rocks! :)

John Daly said...

This posting is drawn primarily from the UNESCO website, as I tried to suggest via the indentation of the quoted materials.

I have written most of the postings on this blog.

Anonymous said...

You have tested it and writing form your personal experience or you find some information online?

John Daly said...

I found the information online from Cycling News.