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Rob Burgess 05 March 2001

MICHELE VERROKEN, Director of UK Sport’s Anti-Doping Directorate, is in New Zealand for a meeting of member countries of IADA, the International Anti-Doping Arrangement.

The meeting, organised by the New Zealand Sports Drug Agency and hosted by Sports Minister Trevor Mallard, is the first under the Chairmanship of New Zealand, who have taken over from the UK after its two-year term in office.

The countries in attendance will discuss how best to support the newly formed World Anti Doping Agency, WADA. WADA has indicated that it is keen to take on the International Standard for Doping Control - an ISO certified standard for the management of anti-doping. The UK has achieved certification for certain parts of its system and is hoping to achieve full certification by implementing the national policy. This would provide the strongest endorsement for the comprehensive standards of UK anti-doping policies and procedures.

MICHELE VERROKEN commented: "The meeting provides a good opportunity to work with our IADA colleagues on the required standards to give our athletes confidence that the procedures implemented internationally are consistent, thorough and fair.

"Our involvement in IADA demonstrates that we take the drug misuse issue seriously and want to find the best way to obtain the confidence of the international sport community."

IADA is a government-to-government agreement between countries that are committed to achieving high standards in drug free sport. The agreement has recently been expanded to include Denmark and Finland.

Other countries in membership include Australia, Canada, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and of course New Zealand. The UK, with Australia and Canada, was one of the first countries to sign up to IADA in 1990.

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