By Nick Butler at the Susesi Convention Center in Belek

Sir Craig Reedie is stepping down from the IOC Ethics Commission ©Anadolu Agnecy/Getty ImagesApril 9 - Sir Craig Reedie has resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission in order to avoid a conflict of interests with his role as President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), it was announced here tonight.


He will be replaced by Baron Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, the chief executive of Delhaize and President of the Belgian Olympic Committee. 

It will be his Commission role since becoming an IOC member in July 2012. 

The decision was confirmed today during the IOC Executive Board Meeting, held in conjunction with the SportAccord International Convention, and follows the full announcement of the Commissions earlier this month.

Sir Craig graduated from IOC Board member to vice-president in 2012 and the 72-year-old Briton was then elected WADA President in Johannesburg last November and decided thereafter the role was not compatible with his Commission one.

The Ethics Commission is headed by Senegal's Youssoupha Ndiaye, a former Sports Minister and a judge in the country's Supreme Court.

It also consists of IOC Athletes' Commission  chairman Claudia Bokel, Fiji's Oceania National Olympic Committee President Robin Mitchell and the Philippines former IOC member Francisco Elizalde. 

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