Oceania Paralympic Committee
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Oceania Paralympic Committee (acronym: OPC) is an organisation based in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is an international organisation that congregates the 7 National Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

s (NPCs) of Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

.

History

The Oceania Paralympic Committee was formed in 2006 when the Fespic Federation was divided into two separate bodies, the Oceania Paralympic Committee and the Asian Paralympic Committee
Asian Paralympic Committee
The Asian Paralympic Committee is an organization based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Its Asian membership is 41 National Paralympic Committees.-History:...

 (APC).

Member countries

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognised by the International Paralympic Committee
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

 (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.
Nation Code  National Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

 
Created Ref.
 Australia AUS Australian Paralympic Committee
Australian Paralympic Committee
The Australian Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the means by which Australia participates at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics.-History:...

 Fiji FIJ Fiji Paralympic Association
 New Zealand NZL Paralympics New Zealand
Paralympics New Zealand
Paralympics New Zealand is the National Paralympic Committee in New Zealand for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the means by which New Zealand participates at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics.-External links:...

 Papua New Guinea PNG Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee
 Samoa SAM Samoa Paralympic Committee
 Tonga TGA Tonga National Paralympic Committee
 Vanuatu VAN Vanuatu Paralympic Committee
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