On the 8th July 2009 , at the Brazilian Embassy in Rome, in a very cordial atmosphere, a personal meeting was held between the President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Italy on the occasion of the G8 and G5 meetings, and the President of the International Military Sports Council, Maj. Gen. Gianni Gola.

The meeting, expressly requested by the President of Brazil, revolved on the analysis of the situation concerning the organization of the next Military World Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro on 2011.

General Gola, recently back from a site visit in Rio and Brasilia, expressed on behalf of CISM the full appreciation for the excellent preparatory works and underlined the fact that Brazil will be the first country in CISM history to build an athletes village able to host 7000 persons. At the end of the Military World Games, the facility will be assigned to the Brazilian Armed Forces as housing of the military personnel.
Concerning to sports facilities, Brazil has already at disposal the very efficient structures successfully used on the occasion of the Pan American Games of 2007.

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In the frame of the 30th World Military Volleyball Championship that took place in Rio de Janeiro from 20 to 30 June, the President and the Secretary General of CISM made the trip to Brasilia to meet the Minister of Sports, Mr. Orlando Silva, and the Army, Air Force and Navy chiefs of staff.

This audience with Minister Silva gave the CISM representatives an opportunity to thank him for his important support of the proposal to hold the CISM Military World Games in Rio in 2011. During their discussion, the Minister of Sports repeated his unconditional support of military sports and confirmed the importance of our Games in 2011 for the highest political authorities in Brazil, as was proven by the meeting between the President of CISM and the President of the Republic of Brazil, Mr. Lula da Silva in Rome on 8 July.

From the standpoint of the military authorities, there is no need to say that support of the 2011 games is top priority for all Brazilian armed forces. Everyone is working to ensure favourable conditions for the Games at the highest level in CISM history.

On getting back to Rio, the CISM officials, joined by the head of the project for the 2011 World Games, Mr. Olivier Verhelle, did a marathon preparatory visit of the various infrastructures that will be used by our best athletes in 2011. Most of them served recently in the Panamerican games in 2007 and therefore meet the highest standards for international sports. The inspection visits included the sites chosen to construct the future athletes village and a study of the various aspects of the organization of the Games, such as the transport and security plans, housing and accreditation systems.

The authorities in Rio also took part in the visit of the CISM President – the Governor of the State of Rio, Mr. Sergio Cabral, met the CISM officials in his palace to discuss the various practical possibilities for supporting the Games within the Rio community. One of the first measures decided was the organization of a televised press conference to be held in Rio in August in the Governor's Palace, to heighten general interest of the Carioca press. The other measure was the Governor's decision to officially launch an appeal to Brazilian companies for sponsorship of the Games in 2011. The Brazilian Olympic Committee also participated: Secretary General Carlos Osorio accompanied General Gola during his visit to the Governor with a single thought in mind: synergy.

In Brazil, civilians, athletes and the military are looking forward to our Games and are preparing to welcome our best athletes in two years' time.