The FIFA Executive Committee approved special funding for the football associations of Chile and Haiti to assist them in the reconstruction of their facilities following the natural disasters that recently hit the two countries. During the two-day meeting, the Executive Committee decided to donate 3 million USD to a special projects fund for Haiti in order to assist in the reconstruction of the football association’s headquarters, technical centers and regional youth facilities. FIFA had already provided emergency aid of 250,000 USD shortly after the earthquake.

In addition, the committee approved a decision from the Goal Bureau to allocate three Goal projects worth USD 1.2 million to assist the Chilean Football Association in the reconstruction of the football facilities in Chile. An immediate assistance fund of USD 250,000 had already been set up by FIFA following the recent earthquake and tsunami in the South American country.

The following decisions were also made taken by the Executive Committee:

• Azerbaijan will host of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2012
• Italy will host of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 once all pending documentation has been provided
• Tahiti will host of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2013
• Thailand will host of the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2012
• To postpone the decision on the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2012, in order to give more time to potential bidders to prepare their bids
• Informed the Indonesian Bidding Committee that they have lost their right to bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ after adequate governmental guarantees were not provided by Indonesia by the relevant deadlines
• Approved the new Regulations on the Organization of Refereeing in the Member Associations and the new Equipment Regulations
• Approved the dates of the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010 (8 to 18 December 2010) and the prize money (USD 16.5 million)