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MINUTES OF THE 63 RD FIFA CONGRESS, MAURITIUS 2013 39
Oliver Smith
(Turks and Caicos Islands,
CONCACAF)
Laureano González
(Venezuela, CONMEBOL)
Édgar Peña
(Bolivia, CONMEBOL)
Dan Kakaraya
(Papua New Guinea, OFC)
Samuel Ram (Fiji, OFC)
Leo Windtner (Austria, UEFA)
Christian Andreasen
(Faroe Islands, UEFA)
The Congress proceeded with the election of the
chairman, deputy chairman and members of the Appeal
Committee en bloc, with the following result:
World Cup being hosted in 1991, also in China PR.
He said that women’s football had developed to such
an extent that over 80,000 spectators attended the
final of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament at
Wembley in 2012. He reminded the Congress of the
decision passed by the 2012 FIFA Congress to elect a
woman to the Executive Committee in 2013 for a fouryear
term and of the co-opting of Burundian Football
Association President Lydia Nsekera to the committee
in 2012 for one year. He explained that since then, the
Executive Committee had decided to co-opt a further
two women for one year, with the confederations
nominating the candidates for these positions. Of
the four candidates put forward, Paula Kearns (New
Zealand) had withdrawn, leaving three candidates:
Moya Dodd (Australia), Lydia Nsekera (Burundi) and
Sonia Bien-Aime (Turks and Caicos Islands).
– 187 votes in favour
– 11 votes against
The President asked the Congress to vote on the
immediate coming into force of the election of the
committee members, who had just been elected for
a term of four years, which was approved with the
following result:
– 197 votes in favour
– 5 votes against
15. ELECTION OF FEMALE MEMBER
TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A video was shown on the 25 years of FIFA women’s
competitions.
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The President informed the Congress that the first
international women’s competition had been hosted
by China PR in 1988, with the first FIFA Women’s
The Congress proceeded to vote on the proposal that
the two candidates not elected in the election be
immediately co-opted to the Executive Committee,
with the following result:
– 186 votes in favour
– 11 votes against
The President then asked the candidates to present
themselves to the Congress.
Moya Dodd began by thanking the Congress for
the opportunity to address them and said that
as a footballer, having played from grassroots to
international level, including nine years on the
Australian women’s team, where she had also been
vice-captain, and playing in a FIFA world tournament,
she would bring a player’s perspective to the table and
put football’s best interests at the heart of the decisionmaking
process. She highlighted her 20-year career in
law and business, where she had learned to consult,
advocate and resolve, and pointed out that she was a