--- title: Prince Ali: FIFA Should Not Disband Anti-Racism Task Force description: Prince Ali of Jordan responds to FIFA's decision to disband its anti-racism task force. canonical: https://time.com/4508050/fifa-anti-racism-task-force/ author: IDEAS Desk article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-26T19:48:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:50:08.113Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Prince Ali of Jordan: It's 'Shameful' of FIFA to Disband Anti-Racism Task Force og:description: 'The task force was never given real support' og:url: https://time.com/4508050/fifa-anti-racism-task-force/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2e775026a0973d8/6988a78be20a87c41ea928d8/ali.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5000 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan vows to root out corruption at footballs governing body, in a speech at Chatham House as part of his bid to become president of FIFA. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Ali of Jordan: It's 'Shameful' of FIFA to Disband Anti-Racism Task Force twitter:description: 'The task force was never given real support' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2e775026a0973d8/6988a78be20a87c41ea928d8/ali.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Ali of Jordan: It's 'Shameful' of FIFA to Disband Anti-Racism Task Force > Sponsored content. 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Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan vows to root out corruption at footballs governing body, in a speech at Chatham House as part of his bid to become president of FIFA. Pacific Press—LightRocket via Getty Images by [IDEAS Desk](https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Sep 26, 2016 7:48 PM UTC FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, has [disbanded](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/25/fifa-anti-racism-task-force-russia-2018-world-cup) its anti-racism task force, it announced in a letter to task force members over the weekend. In a news conference Monday, FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura [explained](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-3808227/Prince-Ali-Jordan-dismayed-FIFA-anti-racism-taskforce-disbanded.html) the decision to end the force, which was established in 2013: “The task force had a very specific mandate which it fulfilled and its recommendations have been turned into a strong programme.” The task force’s responsibilities included creating an anti-discrimination monitoring system at matches, giving out a diversity award and writing a “[good practice guide](http://resources.fifa.com/mm/Document/AFSocial/Anti-Racism/02/70/94/34/goodpracticeguide%5FNeutral.pdf).” Yet some are arguing that racism remains a pressing problem, especially as Russia prepares to [host](http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/russia-2018-racism-guaranteed-at-world-cup-as-incidents-double-a6768701.html) the World Cup in 2018\. According to the [_Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/25/fifa-anti-racism-task-force-russia-2018-world-cup), the Moscow-based [SOVA Center](http://www.sova-center.ru/en/xenophobia/news-releases/2016/09/d35359/) and the Uefa-affiliated FARE Network have reported an increase in racist incidents–92 by Russian fans in and around stadiums in the 2014-15 season, compared to 83 total incidents in the prior two seasons. [Prince Ali Bin Hussein of Jordan](http://time.com/3900419/jordan-prince-ali-fifa-soccer-sepp-blatter/), president of the Jordan Football Association, issued the following statement criticizing the decision on Monday: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4508050/fifa-anti-racism-task-force/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4508050/fifa-anti-racism-task-force/"},"headline":"Prince Ali of Jordan: It's 'Shameful' of FIFA to Disband Anti-Racism Task Force","datePublished":"2016-09-26T19:48:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:50:08.113Z","description":"'The task force was never given real support'","url":"https://time.com/4508050/fifa-anti-racism-task-force/","keywords":["Sports topic","Race"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2e775026a0973d8/6988a78be20a87c41ea928d8/ali.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"IDEAS Desk","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2e775026a0973d8/6988a78be20a87c41ea928d8/ali.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan vows to root out corruption at footballs governing body, in a speech at Chatham House as part of his bid to become president of FIFA.","caption":"Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan vows to root out corruption at footballs governing body, in a speech at Chatham House as part of his bid to become president of FIFA.","creditText":"Pacific Press—LightRocket via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4508050/fifa-anti-racism-task-force/","name":"Prince Ali of Jordan: It's 'Shameful' of FIFA to Disband Anti-Racism Task Force"}}]}] ```