FIFA STATUTES - FIFA.com

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 Name and headquarters
1 FIFA is an association registered in the Commercial Register in
accordance with art. 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code.
2 FIFA headquarters are located in Zurich (Switzerland) and may
only be transferred to another location following a resolution
passed by the Congress.
Article 2 Objectives
The objectives of FIFA are:
(a) to improve the game of football constantly and promote
it globally in the light of its unifying, educational, cultural
and humanitarian values, particularly through youth and
development programmes;
(b) to organise its own international competitions;
(c) to draw up regulations and provisions and ensure their
enforcement;
(d) to control every type of Association Football by taking
appropriate steps to prevent infringements of the Statutes,
regulations or decisions of FIFA or of the Laws of the Game;
(e) to prevent all methods or practices which might jeopardise the
integrity of matches or competitions or give rise to abuse of
Association Football.
Article 3 Non-discrimination and stance against racism
Discrimination of any kind against a country, private person or group
of people on account of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion,
politics or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by
suspension or expulsion.
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