The 1st NEAR Subcommittee on Sports

◦ Date : August 6 (Tue.), 2019
◦ Venue : Center of National Sports (Modun), Government Cconference Rroom Nno. 1, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia
◦ Participantstion : 31 attendees (18 attendees fromof 8 NEAR member regional governments from 4 countries, 13 attendees from NEAR Secretariat)
- China (7 attendees from 4 NEAR member regional governments) : Hubei Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Shandong Province
- Japan (2 attendees from 1 NEAR member regional government) : Toyama Prefecture
- Korea (3 attendees from 1 NEAR member regional government) : Ulsan Metropolitan City
- Russia (6 attendees from 2 NEAR member regional governments) : Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Krasnoyarsk Region
※ Observers of traditional sports of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) : 47 attendees (34 attendees of 13 NEAR member regional governments from 4 countries, 13 attendees from NEAR Secretariat)
◦ Mainjor contents : congratulatory speech, welcome greetings, presentations from the representative of NEAR members, discussion, introduction of traditional sports of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Congratulatory message byof NEAR Secretary General Kim Ok-chae
- Address byfrom Cherdonov Semen, First Deputy Minister of Sports of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Mokhnachevsky Gavril, Director of the Center of National Sports (Modun) : suggestion on the project of anproposal of an exchange plan to through each country’s rounds by holding an annual traditional sports festival with each country taking turns to host the festival. l every year
- Liu Guisheng, Minister of Sports for All Division of Sports Bureau in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region : dissemination and development of traditional sports of ethnic minoritiesy, mention of the importance of international sports exchange business.
- Kakizawa Masahiro, Director·Deputy Head of the International Department of General Policy Bureau in Toyama Prefecture : mention ofabout the importance of international cooperation through sports and case introduction on high school students-oriented international sports for high school students.