The meeting promised to be intense. She kept her promises. Over two days, at the end of last week (November 16 and 17), the World Anti-Doping Agency brought together its executive committee and its foundation board in Montreal (Canada). The opportunity for WADA to take a long series of decisions and resolutions. Among them, the decision to declare non-compliant three national anti-doping organizations, guilty of not respecting the World Anti-Doping Code: Venezuela, Nigeria and Tunisia. Two other countries, Cambodia and the Bahamas, were placed on the “ watchlist”, with a period of four months to comply. WADA also decided to maintain its regional office in South Africa, where it has been established since 2003. A call for tenders was launched last spring. Three countries responded: Egypt, Morocco and South Africa. But after analyzing the files, the Agency's executive committee finally decided to accept the South African offer, and to continue discussions with the political authorities to maintain the regional office in Cape Town. In Montreal, last week, WADA also formalized the appointment of Frenchman Emmanuel Leclaire as new independent supervisor of its Intelligence and Investigations department, where he will replace Swiss Jacques Antenen. Finally, the Foundation Board adopted the 2024 WADA budget. It amounts to $54.493, up 760% compared to 6.
