中華民國與國際奧委會的法理主張與事實論述－墨西哥奧運會的正名交涉，1965-1968

Abstract

To participate in the Olympic games was one of the Republic of China government's main goals in joining the international society. Following its past achievements in naming itself, negotiations from 1964 to 1968 were still conducted under de jure forms. In 1965, the International Olympic Committee convened its annual meeting in Madrid and debated how the ROC's name should be listed on the agenda. A majority voted to delay the issue until their Rome meeting. At the Rome meeting of 1966, there was a repeat of the same discussion, with a further complication, as the issues of North Korea, East Germany, and the ROC were closely related, and a heated argument ensued. A majority voted against the ROC, and the IOC president accordingly announced that there would no more discussion on the issue before the Olympic Games in 1968. At the annual meeting of the Olympic Committee held in Mexico in 1968, the model of the formal designation of North Korea was applied to the ROC, which thenceforth participated as the ”Republic of China Olympic Committee,” while its ”athletic area” was changed from ”Taiwan” to ”China, R.O.C.” Thus participating in the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the games themselves, the ROC's diplomacy was successful. However, unintended reverse consequences were soon to come.