MONTE CARLO – Monaco – IAAF Council, meeting for its second session today in Monte Carlo under the leadership of Lamine Diack, unanimously agreed to nominate Arne Ljungqvist (Sweden) as Senior Vice-President of the world governing body. Three future World Athletic Series venues were approved by Council today. The 16th IAAF Grand Prix Final will take place in Doha, Qatar on October 4 2000, the 29th World Cross Country Championships will take place in Dublin, Republic of Ireland in March 2001 and the next edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships will be held in Debrecen, Hungary in July 2001. Council also heard reports from the Women’s Committee and the Anti-Doping Commission, and agreed that the cases of Linford Christie (GBR), Gary Cadogan (GBR), Itai Margalit (ISR) and Javier Sotomayor (CUB) be taken to Arbitration. Council also decided to provisionally suspend the British athlete Carl Myerscough, (who tested positive on May 28) pending a hearing. An extraordinary meeting of the IAAF Council has been scheduled for February 12-13. For more information, contact: Giorgio Reineri, IAAF Press Officer, at giorgio@iaaf.org International Amateur Athletics Federation