International Recrelympic Committee

The **International Recrelympic Committee** (abbreviated as **IRC**; French: *Comité International des Récrélympiques*, **CIR**) is an international non-governmental sports organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded by Frederick Pax Frieden and Petra Dimourgo in 1948, it is the sole authority responsible for organizing the Recrelympic Games.

The IRC is the governing body of the National Recrelympic Committees (NRCs) and is responsible for the worldwide "Recrelympic Movement", as well as the organization body behind the development of the concept of "Recrelympism".

## History

The IRC was created by Frederick Pax Frieden, on September 2, 1948, with Petra Dimourgo as its first President. As of now, the Committee is consists of 48 members, 19 honorary members, and a President. The current President is Otto Leopold, known for his controversial policies that reshaped the 21st century.

The IRC organizes the Recrelympic Games for every four years. The first Recrelympics was held in Athens, Greece, in 1949, through an exhibition match; the first official of worldwide Recrelympics was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1952.

In 1992, the UN General Assembly granted the IRC Permanent Observer Status. The decision enables the IRC to be directly involved in the UN Agenda and to attend UN General Assembly meetings where it can take the floor. This was approved by the General Assembly after they solidified the UN-IRC cooperation through the signing of the "Ekecheiria Recrelympics".

During each session of the Recrelympics, announcers can speak in different languages: though French must spoken first, followed by an English translation, and then followed by the dominant language of the host nation (if it isn't French or English).

## Members

Apart from its Council (which consists of 60 members), the Regional Recrelympic Committees (RRCs) and the National Recrelympic Committees (NRCs), the IRC only recognized 4 International Sport Federations, and these are:

* **I**nternational **P**anzerkraft **F**ederation (**IPF)**
* **I**nternational **I**nfantry-Craft **F**ederation (**IIF**)
* **I**nternational **A**erial **A**ces **F**ederation (**IAAF**)
* **I**nternational **S**ports of **A**quatic-Warfare **C**ommission (**ISAC**)

These four consists of a myriad of Associations that relates to the Federation's means of play, for example: the IPF consists of many associations that forms the organization, such as the International Tankathlon Federation, Tankette Racing Association, the International Tank Biathlon Union, and many more.

## Honors

In addition of Recrelympic medals for competitors, the IRC awards a number of other awards as well.

* The IRC Champion's Trophy - The highest award for Combatants/Athletes who excelled in their field of sport and had an extraordinary career.
* The Frieden Medal - An award for Combatants who demonstrated the spirit of sportsmanship in the Recrelympics.
* The Recrelympic Kotinos - Awarded to Individuals for promoting education, culture, development, and peace through sport.
* The Recrelympic Order - Awarded to exceptional Individuals who distinguished themselves by doing contribution to the Recrelympic Movement.
* The Recrelympic School-Ship status has been given to some School-Ships that hosted the Recrelympics on seas.

## Environmental concerns

The IRC recognizes the concerns and repercussions of the Recrelympic Games such as environmental resources, activities, and construction projects are detrimental to the host nation. At first, the IRC hosted their games on land, but eventually, the IRC recognized the viable option of using School-Ships instead and this led them to the decision of only hosting the Recrelympics on School-Ships, since these gigantic vessels offered vast land for accommodating this sort of capacity and this is the reason why they became indispensable to Recrelympics.

Every biding when hosting these events must provide a comprehensive strategy to protect the environment in preparation for hosting, and following the conclusion of the Games. Ever since they began hosting these events to School-Ships, their concerns for the environment slowly decreases until they became manageable through time.