An IOC Session is an annual general meeting, bringing together all of the IOC members in order to discuss the most pressing issues of the moment. Every member is obliged to attend, with more than 50% needed for a Session to be valid.
Sessions usually take place once a year, but the President of the IOC can call an Extraordinary Session if something urgently needs acting upon. In Games’ years, Sessions are being held in the Host City shortly before the Opening Ceremony; in non-Games years the IOC Members meet in a previously decided location.
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On the occasion of these sessions, badges are issued and given to the participating members. These badges can present ribbons of different colors, the white one is for IOC members.
1925 Prague 24th IOC session International congress badge numbered 394 made by Karnet-Kysely Praha
1930 Berlin 29th IOC session badge
1962 Moscow 60th IOC session badge
1963 Baden-Baden 61st IOC session badge, Detroit bid city to Summer Olympic Games of 1968
1964 Innsbruck 62th IOC session badge, for NOC Presidents and Secretaries
1966 Rome 64th IOC session badge, renamed 65th, for NOC member
1967 Teheran 65th IOC session badge, renamed 66th, for IOC members
1971 Luxembourg 71th IOC session badge, for candidate city representative
1973 Varna 74th IOC session badge, for press member
1975 Lausanne 76th IOC session badge
1980 Moscow 83th IOC session badge
1981 Baden-Baden 84th IOC session badge, for International Federation representative
1984 Los Angeles 88th IOC session badge, for members Presidents and General Secretaries of Olympic IFs
1984 Sarajevo 87th IOC session badge, for members Presidents and General Secretaries of NOCs
1988 Calgary 93th IOC session badge, for members of the Organizing Committee
1988 Seoul 94th IOC session badge, for IOC member
1989 Puerto Rico 95th IOC session badge, for members and advisers of IOC commissions not members of the IOC, IFs, NOCs or Organizing Committees
1991 Birmingham 97th IOC session badge, for members Presidents and General Secretaries of Olympic IFs
1992 Albertville 98th IOC session badge, for members and advisers of IOC commissions not members of the IOC, IFs, NOCs or Organizing Committees
1993 Lausanne 100th IOC session badge, for members of IOC
1993 Monaco 101th IOC session badge, for members and advisers of IOC commissions not members of the IOC, IFs, NOCs or Organizing Committees
1994 Lillehammer 102th IOC session badge, for press member
1994 Paris 103th IOC session badge, for staff members working for the organizing committee
1995 Budapest 104th IOC session badge, for members and advisers of IOC commissions not members of the IOC, IFs, NOCs or Organizing Committees
1996 Atlanta 105th IOC session badge, for IOC member
1998 Nagano 107th IOC session badge, for members and advisers of IOC commissions not members of the IOC, IFs, NOCs or Organizing Committees
1999 Lausanne 108th IOC session badge, for press member
1999 Seoul 109th IOC session badge, for IOC member
1999 Lausanne 110th IOC session badge, for IOC member
2000 Sydney 111th IOC session badge, for guest members accompanying presidents and general secretaries of Olympic IFs
2001 Moscow 112th IOC session badge, for press member
2002 Salt Lake City 113th IOC session badge, for olympic family guest
2003 Prague 115th IOC session badge, for press
2002 Mexico 114th IOC session badge, for members and advisers of IOC commissions not members of the IOC, IFs, NOCs or Organizing Committees
2004 Athens 116th IOC session badge, for members and advisers of IOC commissions not members of the IOC, IFs, NOCs or Organizing Committees
2008 Beijing 120th IOC session badge, for members Presidents and General Secretaries of NOCs
2009 Copenhagen 121th IOC session badge, for members Presidents and General Secretaries of Olympic IFs
2012 London 124th IOC session badge, for press member
2013 Lausanne IOC extraordinary session badge, for IOC member
2014 Sochi 126th IOC session badge, for members of the Organizing Committee
2014 Monaco 127th IOC session badge
2016 Rio 129th IOC session badge, for press member
2018 PyeongChang 2018 132th IOC session badge, for special guests
Buenos-Aires 2018 133rd IOC session badge, for IOC general secretary
2021 Tokyo 138th IOC session badge, for candidate city representative