{"id":22188,"date":"2026-04-18T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T05:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22188"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:22:12","slug":"world-anti-doping-agency-wada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-anti-doping-agency-wada\/","title":{"rendered":"World Anti-Doping Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>World Anti-Doping Agency Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports addressed the inaugural ceremony of the Final Conference of the World Anti-Doping Agency\u2019s (WADA) Global Anti-Doping Intelligence &amp; Investigations Network (GAIIN).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About World Anti-Doping Agency<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>established on 10 November 1999.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its mission is to promote and coordinate the <\/span><b>fight against doping in sport internationally.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To develop, harmonize and coordinate anti-doping rules and policies across all sports and countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its activities include <\/span><b>scientific and social science research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; education; intelligence &amp; investigations; development of anti-doping capacity; and monitoring of compliance with the World Anti-Doping Program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Montreal, Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Governance of World Anti-Doping Agency<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Foundation Board (Board)<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>consists of 42-member<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it is the agency\u2019s highest policy-making body.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is jointly composed of representatives of the <\/span><b>Olympic Movement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the IOC, National Olympic Committees, International Sports Federations, and athletes) and representatives of <\/span><b>governments from all five continents.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Executive Committee (ExCo)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists <\/span><b>of 16-member<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to which the Board delegates the management and running of the agency, including the performance of all its activities and the administration of its assets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2252538&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Anti-Doping Agency mission is to promote and coordinate the fight against doping in sport internationally. 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