IAAF Council meets in Monte Carlo this weekend HSH Albert of Monaco to attend memorial service for Primo Nebiolo

MONTE CARLO - Monaco - The IAAF Council will hold an extraordinary meeting in Monte Carlo on Saturday and Sunday 12-13 February, under the Presidency of Lamine Diack. President Diack had announced this special session at the close of the last Council meeting on 18-19 November last year, which had concentrated on the various problems arising following the decease of Dr Primo Nebiolo, who had presided over the IAAF from 1981 until 6 November 1999. The work of the 26 Members of the Council will focus on the report from the Organising Committee of the 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, which are scheduled for the summer of 2001 in Edmonton, Canada, and the reports from the various Commissions and Working Groups, such as Marketing & Television, and Competitions. Council will also examine certain aspects of the IAAF's anti-doping policy. On Monday, there will be a meeting of the Council of the International Athletic Foundation, with the participation of the Honorary President, His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Monaco. At the initiative of Prince Albert, a memorial mass for Dr Primo Nebiolo will take place at 6.30 p.m. on Monday 14 February, in Saint Charles church in Monte Carlo. For more information, contact: Giorgio Reineri, IAAF Press Officer, at giorgio@iaaf.org International Amateur Athletics Federation