International Olympic Committee International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: "Comité International Olympique", CIO) is a private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894, it is the authority responsible for organising the modern Olympic Games. The IOC is the controlling body for the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic Movement. As of 2016, there are 206 NOCs officially recognised by the IOC. IOC is an United Nations Observer of Olympic Truce. The IOC was created by Pierre de Coubertin, on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios
Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Latin: Olimpijski komitet Bosne i Hercegovine; Serbian Cyrillic: Олимпијски комитет Босне и Херцеговине) is the non-profit organization representing Bosnia and Herzegovina athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The committee organizes Bosnia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Members of the committee are 30 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and twelve members. The Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded on June 4, 1992. It grew out of the "ZOI '84" organization, organizers of the