Norway objects the hosting of FIFA 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia
When Saudi Arabia is announced as the 2034 World Cup host on Wednesday, Norway's soccer federation intends not to approve the bid, claiming FIFA has not gone far enough in safeguarding human rights during the competition.
Lise Klaveness, president of the Norway Federation, said in a statement on Tuesday that "the process has also not been sufficiently integrated with FIFA's own guidelines for human rights and due diligence, increasing the risk of human rights violations."
In order to confirm the decision to award the 2030 World Cup to a six-nation initiative headed by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, which will see games played on three continents, FIFA's 211 member federations are gathering virtually on Wednesday.
In order to further strengthen its financial and political links with Saudi Arabia, FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino designed the competitions last year to have only one bid per contest and little external monitoring.
There are worries that FIFA is encouraging a recurrence of the severe difficulties and fatalities experienced by workers in Qatar during preparations to host the 2022 World Cup because Saudi Arabia has a vast building plan for stadiums, hotels, and transportation that will mostly rely on migrant labor. Prior to that event, FIFA and Qatar were also under criticism from Norway and Klaveness.
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