In his opening address, Sebastian Coe said: "We must work hard to restore trust and to show the real values and potential of athletics. We have a unique opportunity now to face the future with optimism. Let us make sure that we have the right people, in the right places and the right structure to take the sport to a better place." Most cases Russia is the country with the most doping cases in Athletics. In the Anti-Doping Database we have registered 219 suspended Russian athletes. India has the second most cases with 180 suspended athletes registered in our database. USA has suspended 147 athletes which puts them in third place. 23 of these athletes has been suspended after violating the anti-doping rule Use or Attempted use by an dathlete of a prohibited substance or method. This can indicate an Athlete Biological Passport doping case. 18 athletes has been suspended after testing positive for stanozolol and 16 for Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone. ARAF suspension Council was informed that written confirmation had been received from ARAF accepting their full suspension without requesting a hearing as was their constitutional right. ARAF confirmed they understood that Council would only accept their reinstatement as an IAAF Member Federation following the recommendation of the IAAF Inspection Team who will decide if the verification criteria have been fulfilled. ARAF also confirmed they will cooperate fully and actively with the team. Council discussed the process which over the next three weeks will lead to a final set of criteria and the verification process. The plan is to present a detailed list of verification criteria to ARAF by the end of the year. Reallocation of 2016 competitions Council agreed a process for the reallocation of the two IAAF World Athletics Series competitions - 2016 World Race Walking Team Championships (Cheboksary, RUS) and 2016 World Junior Championships (Kazan, RUS) - which have been removed from Russia due to ARAF’s suspension. A number of countries have already expressed interest in staging these events. An accelerated bidding process will open next week with a decision in early January. Council agreed to the formation of an Integrity Unit to keep athletics clean and to safeguard the integrity of the IAAF. Reports were presented to Council from all the IAAF departments.