With pressure mounting to keep wrestling, Olympic officials say the businessmen, doctors, politicians and career sports administrators who make up the IOC board are likely to select between two and four sports for a final vote by the full, 100-member IOC in September.

WSJ: Olympics, Wrestling: Will Wrestling Remain Part of the Olympics?

These centres are officially nominated by Member States to UNESCO-IOC and are national institutions that adhere to the intergovernmental governance of UNESCO.

UNESCO: & CTBTO: Working together to issue timely alerts

This year the firm backed both the Olympic Games - as a member of the IOC top partners programme, and also the Paralympic Games, which it has supported since 1992.

BBC: Business

UNESCO-IOC is providing scientific and technical advice to Member States to support their marine spatial planning efforts and to define Ecologically or Biologically Significant marine Areas (EBSAs).

UNESCO: THEMES

There are 40 seats on IOC Executive Council (1 Chairperson, 5 Vice-chairpersons and 34 Member States).

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

One member's wife had even received free cosmetic surgery - 13 IOC members ended up losing their positions.

BBC: Juan Antonio Samaranch 'leaves lasting Olympic legacy'

Organise, plan and secure resources to implement the programmes of IOC in ocean science, observations and services in the member states in Africa, ensuring that capacity is developed strategically and within the IOC Capacity-development guidelines.

UNESCO: Vacancy : IOC COORDINATOR IN AFRICA ( 8/4/2011) (AF/RP/KEN/SC/0012 - (P4))