STF President Milan Kwee attended the Extraordinary WTF Council Meeting held on 12 Novemeber 2012 in Santa Cruz, Aruba before two major events – the 3rd WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships and the WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships.
Among other things, the meeting approved the appointment of Aïcha Garad Ali, President of the National Olympic Council of Dijoubti and gave the rights to Indonesia to host the 2013 WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Bali.
The Council also had no objection to the membership applications of three countries – Curacao, South Sudan and Sierra Leone. If the applications are endorsed by the General Assembly next year, WTF membership will increase to 204.
Azerbaijan took the overall title for the Para-Taekwondo Championships while China and Korea took the women’s and men’s titles respectively for the Team Championships.