To promote, without discrimination for political, religious, economic, sex or racial reasons, the practice of sports for disabled people. To seek expansion of the opportunities for disabled people to participate in sports and of their access to training programs designed to improve their proficiency. Rationale Organising multi-sport world championships in each of the disability groups is a difficult, if not impossible task. For the hosting nation and for the participating counties themselves it is an expensive operation. The number of parrtcipants is increasing and at the other hand the host nation has to cut down the number of participants in order to accomodate the athletes and to keep the expenses at a reasonable level.
Competition has to be organised sport-specfic, combining the categories where possible .
Multi-disability competitions will definitely create a bigger challenge. Membership fees to 6 different international organizations becomes very expensive for poor and developing countries. Regular championships in all sports and disciplines are lacking in many of the existing international organizations. United force is a greater force. The structure of IPC is established in accordance with the democratic principles of this federation and based on the rights of the international and national membership, including athletes as well as disability-experiented people.