Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques
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| Abbreviation | CMAS |
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| Motto | Quality in Diving |
| Predecessor | CIPS Comité des Sports Sous-Marins |
| Formation | January 11, 1959 at Monaco |
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Sports federation INGO Diver training organization |
| Purpose | Underwater Sports & Sciences, and diver training |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
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Region served
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International |
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Membership
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National Federations |
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Official language
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French, English, Spanish |
| Leader | Anna Arzhanova |
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Key people
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau |
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Main organ
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General Assembly |
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SportAccord ARISF IWGA IUCN |
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Staff
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5 |
| Website | http://www.cmas.org/ |
Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) is an international federation that represents underwater activities in underwater sport and underwater sciences, and oversees an international system of recreational snorkel and scuba diver training and recognition. It is also known by its English name, the World Underwater Federation, and its Spanish name, Confederacion Mundial De Actividades Subacuaticas. Its foundation in Monaco during January 1959 makes it one of the world's oldest underwater diving organisations.
An international congress of diving federations representing all underwater disciplines met in Brussels on 28 September 1958. National Delegates attended from following countries: Belgium, Brazil, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Italy, Monaco, Portugal, Switzerland, the United States of America and the former Yugoslavia. Following a decision at that congress, a meeting was held in Monaco on 9–11 January 1959, which officially established the World Underwater Federation, with an acronym based on its French title as CMAS.
A founding member and key proponent of CMAS was the French underwater explorer and diving pioneer Jacques-Yves Cousteau who was chosen to be the inaugural President with Luigi Ferraro, Italian underwater pioneer, appointed as Vice-President.
CMAS succeeded the Comité des Sports Sous-Marins (Underwater Sports Committee) of the Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive (CIPS) (International Confederation of Sport Fishing), which was founded on 22 February 1952.
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