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{{Short description|International sports association}}
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|name         = International Military Sports Council<br />''Conseil International du Sport Militaire''
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The''' International Military Sports Council''' ('''IMSC''') or (''Conseil International du Sport Militaire'' or '''''CISM''''')is an international sports association, established in 1948 and headquartered in [[Brussels]]. It is the world's second-largest multi-discipline sports organisation, after the [[International Olympic Committee]], holding more than 20 competitions annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armedforcessports.defense.gov/CISM.aspx|title=Armed Forces Sports - CISM Sports|website=armedforcessports.defense.gov|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref> Under its auspices, soldiers who may previously have met on the battlefield compete on the sports playing field. CISM organises various sporting events, including the [[Military World Games]] and [[World Military Championships]], for the armed forces of 140 member countries.<ref>[https://www.milsport.one/cism/members-nations CISM member nations]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= World Military Games in 2007 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/09/stories/2006040910612200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024113718/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/09/stories/2006040910612200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2007 |work= [[The Hindu]] |date= 9 April 2006}}</ref> The aim of CISM is to promote sport activity and physical education between armed forces as a means to foster world peace. The motto of CISM is "Friendship through Sport" and is based on three pillars of sport, education and solidarity.<ref name="cfmws.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.cfmws.com/en/AboutUs/PSP/CFSports/International/CISM/Pages/default.aspx|title=CISM|website=www.cfmws.com|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref>
Since 21 April 2018, the president of CISM has been Colonel Nilton Gomes Rolim Filho of Brazil.
==History==
===Before the CISM===
In 1919, in the aftermath of the [[First World War]], the [[Inter-Allied Games]] were organised by General [[John J. Pershing|John Pershing's]] Allied Forces Sports Council, bringing together 1500 athletes representing 18 nations, to compete in 24 sports. The event was held in [[Joinville-le-Pont]] in [[France]].<ref name=CISME>[https://www.cismeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160321_CISM-European-Flyer.pdf International Military Sports Council (Background)], CISM Europe</ref><ref name=defesaregs>[https://www.defesa.gov.br/arquivos/esporte/2020/legislacao-cdmb/cism_regulations_final_english_version_2017.pdf CISM Regulations], International Military Sports Council, July 2017</ref>
In May 1946, after the [[Second World War]], the Allied Forces Sports Council was revived by Colonel [[Henri Debrus]] and Olympic pentathlete Major [[Raoul Mollet]], and over the weekend of 7-8 September that year, the second Inter-Allied Games took place in [[Berlin, Germany|Berlin]], at the [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]], venue of the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympic Games]].<ref name=CISME/> The event was also known as the Allied Track and Field Championships, following a similar event in 1945. Twelve nations were due to be represented: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Great Britain, Poland, Greece, Luxembourg, Holland, Norway, the Soviet Union, the United States and hosts Germany,<ref>[https://picclick.com/Original-Vtg-1946-Post-WWII-Inter-Allied-Military-Games-233127968971.html Original Vtg 1946 Post WWII Inter-Allied Military Games German Olympic Poster], Ebay listing, 2019</ref> while reports say that only seven did.<ref name="defense.gov">{{cite web|url=http://armedforcessports.defense.gov/CISM/CISMHistory.aspx|title=Armed Forces Sports - About CISM|website=armedforcessports.defense.gov|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://rmsports.co.uk/the-imsc-born-from-two-world-wars/ The IMSC: Born From Two World Wars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122194740/http://rmsports.co.uk/the-imsc-born-from-two-world-wars/ |date=22 January 2020 }}, rmsports</ref><ref name=defesaregs/><!-- the referred doc says only seven nations were represented but 12 were listed on the event poster-->
Amid some rancour, the Allied Forces Sports Council was extinguished in 1947.<ref name="defense.gov"/><ref name="all-hands">{{cite journal |author1=Gary Hopkins |title=Navy Sports |journal=[[All Hands]] |date=February 1985 |issue=815 |pages=22-23 |url=https://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198502.pdf |publisher=[[United States Navy]] |language=en-US |issn=0002-5577 |access-date=29 May 2024 |archive-date=17 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617122541/https://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah198502.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
===Main development===
A few months later, taking up they had left off with the Allied Forces Sports Council, Colonel Debrus and Major Mollet founded the CISM, on 18 February 1948. The founding members were Belgium, Denmark, France, [[Luxembourg]] and the [[Netherlands]]. In 1950, [[Argentina]] and [[Egypt]] became members. In 1951, the United States joined. In 1952, [[Iraq]], [[Lebanon]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Syria]] became members, followed two years later by [[Brazil]]. Canada came on board in 1985. Then in 1991, with the end of the [[Cold War]], the rival [[Warsaw Pact]] organisation [[:ru:Спортивный_комитет_дружественных_армий|Friendly Armies' Sports Committee]] (SKDA) merged with CISM, heralding the accession of 31 new member countries from the Pact and others associated with the Soviet Bloc.<ref>[http://www.ilsf.org/about/recognition/cism CISM - International Military Sports Council | International Life Saving Federation]</ref> This rapid progress led to recognition by international institutions including the IOC. Prior to 1995, CISM organised 15 to 20 world championships each year. Since 1995, CISM has organised every four years the [[Military World Games]], a multi-sport event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armedforcessports.defense.gov/CISM/MilitaryWorldGames.aspx|title=Armed Forces Sports - CISM Military World Games|website=armedforcessports.defense.gov|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref>
===CISM of the Americas===
The CISM of the Americas Continent is a subordinate organisation that consists of 19 member nations: [[Argentina]], [[Barbados]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]], [[Colombia]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Ecuador]], [[Guatemala]], [[Guyana]], [[Jamaica]], [[Paraguay]], [[Peru]], [[Suriname]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[United States of America]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Venezuela]].   There are two liaison offices known as the North American Liaison Office (NALO) and the South American Liaison Office (SALO). The CISM of the Americas Vice President, (Army) Colonel Walter Jander served as one of the four CISM Vice Presidents (2015–2019).<ref name="defense.gov"/>
== CISM Honors and Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto;"
! colspan="3" |CISM ORDER OF MERIT
|- align="center"
| {{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_GC|x35px}}<br><small>'''Grand Cordon'''</small>'
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_C|x35px}}<br><small>'''Commander'''</small>
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_GO|x35px}}<br><small>'''Grand Officer'''</small>
|- align="center"
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_O|x35px}}<br><small>'''Officer'''</small>
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_GK|x35px}}<br><small>'''Grand Knight'''</small>
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_K|x35px}}<br><small>'''Knight'''</small>
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto;"
! colspan="4" |CISM STAR OF SPORTS MERIT
|- align="center"
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_SOS_DG|x35px}}<br><small>'''Double Gold Star'''</small>
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_SOS_G|x35px}}<br><small>'''Gold Star'''</small>
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_SOS_S|x35px}}<br><small>'''Silver Star'''</small>
|{{MilAward Ribbon|CISM_SOS_B|x35px}}<br><small>'''Bronze Star'''</small>
|}
==Goals and organisation==
===Solidarity===
The CISM Solidarity programme is intended as a means to promote sustainable development to strengthen less privileged CISM member countries, in order to create equal opportunities for all CISM nations to participate in CISM events.{{fact|date=June 2022}}
Developed some decades ago, Solidarity is one of the two pillars that guide CISM's activities, and inspired the Olympic solidarity model. CISM's solidarity programme has many components, ranging from organising technical clinics in less privileged countries and transporting athletes to championships, to shipping sports equipment to disadvantaged regions. Member countries may send or invite coaches, based either on CISM membership and "Friendship through Sport" or often through bilateral contracts.{{fact|date=June 2022}}
The establishment of Regional Development Centres (RDC) is a major objective of the CISM support policy. The first step in this direction was taken in 2006 when the CISM African Development Centre (CAD) was founded in [[Nairobi]], Kenya. A further Regional Development Centre was established in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].{{fact|date=June 2022}}
===General Assembly===
A General Assembly, on which all member nations are represented, is the supreme authority of CISM.{{fact|date=June 2022}}
== Leadership ==
===CISM Presidents===
{| class="wikitable"
!S. No. !! Name !! Country !! Term
|-
|1. || Colonel Henri Debrus || {{FRA}} || 1948 — 1953
|-
|2. || Major Arne W. Thorburn || {{SWE}} || 1953 — 1956
|-
|3. || Colonel Henri Debrus || {{FRA}} || 1956 — 1961
|-
|4. || Brigadier-General Royal Hatch || {{USA}} || 1961 — 1967
|-
|5. || Air Commander M. M. Piracha || {{PAK}} || 1967 — 1968
|-
|6. || Admiral Fazio Casari || {{ITA}} || 1968 — 1969
|-
|7. || Major-General Kenneth G. Wickham || {{USA}} || 1969 — 1970
|-
|8. || Counter Admiral Aldo Massarini || {{ITA}} || 1970 — 1979
|-
|9. || Divisional-General Mohammed Saleh Mokaddem || {{TUN}} || 1979 — 1986
|-
|10. || Divisional-General Jean Duguet || {{FRA}} || 1986 — 1994
|-
|11. || General Arthur Zechner || {{AUT}} || 1994 — 1998
|-
|12. || Major-General Dr. Gianni Gola || {{ITA}} || 1998 — 2010
|-
|13. || Colonel [[Hamad Kalkaba Malboum]] || {{CMR}} || 2010 — 2014
|-
|14. || Colonel Abdulhakim Al-Shino || {{BHR}} || 2014 — 2018
|-
|15. || Colonel Hervé Piccirillo || {{FRA}} || 2018 — 2022
|-
|16.
|Colonel Nilton Gomes Rolim Filho
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|2022 — present
|}
===Board of directors===
{| class="wikitable"
!Designation!! Name !! Country
|-
| '''President''' || Colonel Nilton Gomes Rolim Filho || {{Flag|Brazil}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''Vice-Presidents''' || Brigadier General Rashid Mahboob Al-Dosari (Asia) || {{Flag|Qatar}}
|-
| Colonel Dirk Schwede (Europe) || {{GER}}
|-
| Major General Maikano Abdullahi (Africa) || {{Flag|Nigeria}}
|-
| Colonel Delio Rosario Colon || {{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|-
| '''Secretary General'''|| Colonel Roberto Recchia || {{ITA}}
|-
| '''Treasurer General'''|| Colonel Sven Serré || {{BEL}}
|-
| rowspan="14" | '''Member'''|| General Djabou M’hammed Abdelhak || {{ALG}}
|-
| Colonel Sega Sissoko || {{Flag|Mali}}
|-
| Brigadier-General Elijah Ndegwa Gatere || {{KEN}}
|-
| Air Vice Marshal Simon Nyowani || {{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
| Colonel Steven Rosso||{{USA}}
|-
| Colonel Nathalie Birgentzlen||{{CAN}}
|-
| Colonel Luiz Fernando Toledo Leal||{{Flag|Brazil}}
|-
| Colonel Yijang Wang||{{CHN}}
|-
| Brigadier General Zakaryia Kanat||{{Flag|Syria}}
|-
| Colonel Moon-Hak Yoon||{{KOR}}
|-
| Major General Oleg Botsman||{{Flag|Russia}}
|-
| Major Jan-Henrik Back||{{SWE}}
|-
| Colonel Jose Carlos Garcia-Verdugo||{{ESP}}
|-
| Lieutenant Colonel Jure Velepec||{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|}
==CISM events==
===Military World Games=== <!-- this information just duplicates the specific article, and can probably be cut out.-->
{{main article|Military World Games}}
The Military World Games are a multisports event organised every four years since 1995. They are held one year before the year the Olympic Games are organised.
*The 1st Military World Games [[1995 Military World Games]] was held in [[Rome]], [[Italy]] from 4 to 16 September 1995; 93 nations competed in 17 different sporting events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Second World War and of the ratification of the [[Charter of the United Nations|United Nations Organization Charter]].
*In August 1999, the 2nd Military World Games [[1999 Military World Games]] was held in [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]; 7000 participants from 82 nations competed in 20 sports.
*In December 2003, the 3rd Military World Games [[2003 Military World Games]] was held in [[Catania]], [[Italy]]; Participants from 84 different nations competed in 13 sports.
*In October 2007, the 4th Military World Games [[2007 Military World Games]] was held in [[Hyderabad]], [[India]]; Participants from 101 countries competed in 14 sports.
*In July 2011, the 5th Military World Games [[2011 Military World Games]] was held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]; Participants from 108 countries competed in 20 sports. Brazil topped the medal table with 45 gold, 33 silver and 36 bronze. China was second with 37 gold, 28 silver and 34 bronze. Italy captured 14 gold, 13 silver and 24 bronze to round out the top three.
*In October 2015, the 6th Military World Games [[2015 Military World Games]] was held in [[Mungyeong]], [[South Korea]]; Participants from 105 countries, more 15 as observer, competed in 24 sports, including five military sports. Russia topped the medal table with 59 gold, 43 silver and 33 bronze. [[Brazil]] was the second with 34 gold, 26 silver and 24 bronze. China captured 32 gold, 31 silver and 35 bronze to round out the top three.
*In 2019, the 7th CISM World Games took place in [[Wuhan]], [[China]].
===World Military Championships===
{{main article|World Military Championships}}
In the year of the [[Military World Games]] (from 1995, every four years), championship shall be the same of the World Games tournament.
{{#section:World Military Championships|Table}}
==Sports==
[[File:Military World Games regatta.jpg|thumb|Sailing at the 2003 [[Military World Games]], IMSC at [[Catania]], Italy]]
CISM annually organises over twenty Military World Championships for different sports in which all member nations can take part. They also organize continental and regional competitions and every four years the Military World Games are held. This is a multisports event which is organized by CISM in conjunction with CISM member nations.
The sports include: [[basketball]]; [[bowling]], [[boxing]], [[cross country running]], [[Cycle sport|cycling]], [[golf]], [[judo]], [[lifesaving]], [[marathon]], [[modern pentathlon]], [[orienteering]], [[Parachuting#Competitions|parachuting]], [[rugby football]], [[sailing (sport)|sailing]], [[shooting sports|shooting]], [[Winter_sports#Skiing|skiing]], [[soccer]], [[softball]], [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[taekwondo]], [[track and field]], [[triathlon]], [[volleyball]], [[beach volleyball]], and [[wrestling]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armedforcessports.defense.gov/Sports.aspx|title=U.S. Armed Forces Sports|website=armedforcessports.defense.gov|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref>
==Other activities==
===Symposia===
[[File:U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team at 2007 Military Games.jpg|thumb|U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team competes in the accuracy competition at the [[2007 Military World Games]], [[Hyderabad, India]]]]
CISM strives to organise international symposia at least every year to study various aspects of physical education and sport within member states' armed forces. In 2008, was the symposium about "How to emphasize the importance of sports within the Armed Forces at national and international level" took place in [[Sofia, Bulgaria]] 24-25 September 2008. A symposium on "Sports science: fundamental tool of modern sports management" in [[Prague]] 18-23 September 2009 was attended by 70 participants from 27 countries, and saw the relaunch of the CISM Academy.{{fact|date=June 2022}}
===Sport for Peace===
[[File:DF-SD-01-07076.jpg|thumb|Frank Workman (US), tries to take down [[Aydın Polatçı]] (Turkey), 130-kg Free-Style. 19th World Military Wrestling Championship (CISM), [[Camp Lejeune]], [[North Carolina]].]]
In 2005, CISM organised the seminar "Sport and peace" which was held in [[Mantova, Italy]]. Representatives from more than 22 countries, International Organizations, IOC, UN, UNICEF, Sports Associations, CISM Member Nations and organizations directly dealing with peace, health, sport and education attended the Seminar.{{fact|date=June 2022}}
In October 2007, during the 4th Military World Games in India, CISM organised in partnership with the IOC, the Indian Olympic Association and the Organising Committee of the World Games, an International Forum on Sport for Peace, with the theme: "Sport, a concrete fundamental tool to promote Peace".{{fact|date=June 2022}}
This year, on 20 March, in the framework of the Winter Games, CISM organized in close cooperation with IOC, the International Forum on the subject Sport for Peace – "From positive initiatives to systemic integrated programs".{{fact|date=June 2022}}
Forum participants signed a declaration "CISM Aosta Call-to-Action 2010 on Sport for Peace" summarising the common wishes and asking all institutions to formally establish a bilateral and mutual agreement in order to undertake concrete programmes aimed at sharing good practices and effectively implementing Sport for Peace programmes.{{fact|date=June 2022}}
===Women in sport===
Canada was the first country to include women’s categories while hosting [[Taekwondo]] in 1993, had the first female sport committee president (sailing) and also hosted the 1st Women in CISM Week in Kingston in 2008.<ref name="cfmws.com"/>
==See also==
[[File:Boyd Melson.jpg|thumb|[[Boyd Melson]] (right), during the 2007 Conseil International du Sport Militaire Military World Games]]
* [[World Military Basketball Championship]]
* [[World Military Cross Country Championships]]
* [[World Military Cup]]
* [[World Military Pentathlon Championship]]
* [[World Military Track and Field Championships]]
* [[Military World Games]]
* [[Military sports]]
* [[List of shooting sports organizations]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|International Military Sports Council}}
*{{Official website|https://www.milsport.one/}}
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