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MINUTES OF THE 63 RD FIFA CONGRESS, MAURITIUS 2013 23
10.6 Vote on approval of 2014 budget
The detailed budget for 2014 was put to the vote and
approved with the following result:
– 202 votes in favour
– 1 vote against
11. STRATEGIC AND SPORTS-POLITICAL MATTERS
11.1 Update on decisions passed at the 2012
Congress
Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Chamber and
member of the Players’ Status Committee Geoff
Thompson provided the Congress with an update on
the topic of the reform of FIFA’s players’ agents system
which had been addressed at the 2012 FIFA Congress.
He reported that following a decision passed by the
Committee for Club Football at its meeting on 8 January
2013, the Sub-Committee for Club Football had been
set up to deal exclusively with the issue of reforming
the Players’ Agents Regulations. At its first meeting, on
13 February 2013, the sub-committee had discussed
the possible options, focusing on the pros and cons
of each option, and had unanimously agreed that the
following three conclusions were to be submitted to
the FIFA Executive Committee and subsequently to the
2013 FIFA Congress in Mauritius for a decision:
– The current licensing system should be abandoned;
– A set of minimum standards and requirements must
be established in FIFA’s future regulatory framework;
– A registration system for intermediaries must be
set up.
Geoff Thompson explained that if the new approach
were to receive the support of the FIFA Executive
Committee and the 2013 FIFA Congress, a working
group would define and work on the above three points
so that a final draft of the regulations on working with
intermediaries could be submitted to the FIFA Executive
Committee. The 2014 Congress could then decide on
possible amendments to the FIFA Statutes based on the
new approach, although the regulations would require
the prior approval of the FIFA Executive Committee. He
reported that at its meeting on 21 March 2013, the
FIFA Executive Committee had agreed to the proposed
new approach and its road map. He then asked the
FIFA Congress to support the new approach, which
would enable a new set of regulations to be drawn
up to address the issues.
The approval of the conclusions and new approach
proposed by the Sub-Committee for Club Football was
put to the vote and approved with the following result:
– 199 votes in favour
– 2 votes against
11.2 The fight against discrimination/racism
The President stressed the points made in his address
and explained that the FIFA Strategic Committee had
decided in February 2013 to set up a task force to tackle
racism and discrimination in football and to prepare a
resolution to be submitted to the 2013 FIFA Congress.
He reported that the resolution had been submitted
to the meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee in
Mauritius on 28 May 2013 and had been unanimously
approved.
Chairman of the Task Force Against Racism and
Discrimination and FIFA Vice-President Jeffrey Webb
read out the resolution on the fight against racism and
discrimination, a printed copy of which was included
in the Congress documentation distributed to the
delegates of each member association (cf. Annexe 1).
He then reminded the members of a well-known quote
from Nelson Mandela:
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the
power to inspire. It has the power to unite people