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
Secretary-General to the President June 1945, had a more fraught relationship with McDunphy and frequently baulked at following McDunphy's rules. McDunphy had a long-term impact on the presidency. His 1945 book "The President of Ireland: His Powers, Functions & Duties" was seen as the bible of the office by those seeking to restrict the post and its occupant. His restrictions, which were viewed as correct (or, if not correct, useful in enabling them to control and restrict presidents) by later civil servants, led President Erskine Childers to accuse one later Secretary to the President of having "the ghost of McDunphy behind you." Mary Robinson