SARADO Conference in Sri Lanka

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With the intention of creating awareness amongst the sporting fraternity by empowering sports bodies in the South Asian Regional Anti Doping Organization’ ( SARADO) will be hosting their Conference in Sri Lanka from April 3 - 5, 2013 at Blue Waters Hotel Wadduwa, the Ministry of Sports said.

This Convention represents the  governments around the world which have agreed to apply the force of international law to anti-doping, becoming the most successful convention in the history of UNESCO in terms of rhythm of ratification after adoption –, the Convention is now the second most ratified of all UNESCO treaties.

Sri Lanka is a member of the ‘World Anti Doping Agency’ (WADA) consisting of 126 member countries and striving to keep all sports clean with our zero tolerance policy, strict Anti doping procedures, Awareness programs and Seminars which have already shown a significant drop since signing the “International Convention against Doping in sports for the control of the use of prohibited drugs in 2011.

Sri Lanka has shown a significant improvement in preventing doping in sports following the signing of the International Convention Against Doping in Sports for the Control of the use of Prohibited Drugs in 2011. According to the institute of Sports Medicine 14 doping detections were made in year 2011 and in 2012 and it has significantly reduced to 01.

Sri Lanka has spent over Rs. 3 million on Anti Doping Testing, with further funds from UNESCO for the ‘Elimination of Doping in Sports’ to utilize in spreading awareness in the provinces through seminars.

Source:www.news.lk

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