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• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is an organization responsible for arranging the modern summer and winter Olympic Games. Each seasonal event is held every four years in different cities around the world.

• Fast Facts

  1. Phone number: (41.21) 621-61-11
  2. Fax: (41.21) 621-62-16
  3. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland
  4. President: Jacques Rogge of Belgium
  5. Non-governmental, non-profit organization
  6. Retains rights to marketing, broadcasting and reproduction of the Olympics
  7. Receives most funding from Olympics broadcast rightsOfficial Site: Organisation
  8. IOC President serves term of eight years with a possible four-year renewalOfficial Site: IOC
  9. Members serve renewable eight-year terms until age 70Official Site: IOC
  10. Maximum of 115 membersOfficial Site: Organisation
  11. 2008 Beijing Olympics criticized as "Genocide Olympics"New York Times: Changing the Rules of the Games (March 30, 2008)

• Key Dates

  1. June 23, 1894: Created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas
  2. 1896: First Summer Olympics organized by the IOC in Athens, Greece
  3. 1924: First Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France
  4. 1921: Executive Board founded
  5. 1992: Summer and winter games are held two years apart instead of during the same year

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