ABC News Sun, 3 Oct 1999 7:29 AEST IOC rejects Aboriginal flag, supports Howard to open The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that the Prime Minister will open the Sydney Olympic Games next year, and not Australia's head of state, the Queen. But IOC has rejected a proposal from Sydney organisers to place the flag of Australia's Aboriginal community alongside national flags at the Sydney Games. The IOC reportedly backed Mr Howard as the person to open the Olympics after the Australian Government informed the Olympic body that the Queen would not be available. The Olympic charter requires the head of state to inaugurate a Games although when this is not possible the host government nominates a replacement. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
