On the 16 and 17 July, representatives of the 17 founding Member Federations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) are meeting in Monaco, the Mediterranean Principality which has been the home of the sport’s world governing body since October 1993, to celebrate the Centenary of the world governing body for the sport of Athletics. On the 17 July 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden, following the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in the Swedish capital, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) was founded by 17 nations who saw the need for a world governing authority, for a competition programme, for standardised rules and technical equipment and for a list of official World Records. The IAAF, which in 2001 changed its name to the 'International Association of Athletics Federations,’ turned 100 years old on 17 July 2012. Hosted by IAAF President Lamine Diack and his Vice-Presidents, a cocktail followed by dinner was given in the roof top Horizon Restaurant of the Fairmont Hotel, Monte-Carlo, on the evening of Monday 16 July. To mark the occasion in addition to the medals and diplomas all the 212 IAAF Member Federations have received, each of the 17 representatives were presented with a commemorative IAAF Centenary Plaque. On the evening of Tuesday 17 July, the Centennial Day, the HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, who is Honorary President of the International Athletic Foundation (IAF) and President of the Fédération Monégasque d'Athlétisme, leads the Principality of Monaco’s celebration of the IAAF’s birthday by hosting a garden party which will witness the unveiling of a commemorative postage stamp in honour of the IAAF Centenary by the Principality.