IAAF Headquarters to Remain in Monaco

The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) President Lamine Diack has agreed a deal with the Principality of Monaco for the organisation to continue to headquartered in Monaco.

The IAAF will however move offices to a new location within the Principality early next year.

“It is with the greatest of pleasure and pride that in the final year of my last mandate as president of the International Association of Athletics Federations that I have the honour to sign a new convention with the Principality of Monaco, health ” said President Diack (pictured).

“The existing IAAF headquarters were officially inaugurated in Monaco on 10 June 1994 in the presence of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Twenty years ago the Principality embraced the Olympics’ number one sport.

“A warm friendly relationship between the palace, the people of Monaco and the IAAF has existed ever since.

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II added: “I would like to say how thrilled I am that the relationship between the Principality and the IAAF is ongoing, especially with these new premises.

“The bond between athletics and the Principality are long lasting and strong. Its practice is widely spread in our educational structures as well as with the athletics section of A.S. Monaco, which has just celebrated 90 years of existence.

“It is now 30 years, on the initiative of the late Primo Nebiolo, that the International Athletic Foundation was founded in Monaco. This organisation has a mission to help promote athletics, particularly in supporting the development of appropriate infrastructures.