Fédération Internationale de Tir Sportif

OBS: En 1907, l'Union Internationale de Tir est créée à Zurich. Le Français Daniel MERILLON, Président de l'Union des Sociétés de Tir est nommé Président de l'U.I.T. L'U.I.T. a pour but de créer un lien de confraternité entre les grandes fédérations de tir de toutes les nations du Monde, d'organiser les compétitions internationales et de développer la pratique du tir. [...] Depuis février 1994 la F.F. Tir, seule Fédération Française de Tir reconnue par l'I.S.S.F (Fédération Internationale de Tir Sportif, et U.I.T), a la charge de toutes les disciplines olympiques (y compris celles du Ball Trap devenues Plateau).

OBS: The first world championship in our sport was organized in 1987 in France, and eight national shooting federations founded the ""Union Internationale des Federations et Associations Nationales de Tir"" on 7th July 1907 in Zurich, Switzerland ... The French title of the ""International Union of National Federations and Associations of Shooting"" started to use the initials, UIT. This union was dissolved in 1915 during World War I but was reorganized in 1921 under the new name of ""Union Internationale de Tir"", also using the initials, UIT. After World War II had started, the activities of the Union were again suspended and then reorganized in 1947 under the new name, ""International Shooting Union"", using the title in the English language which from then on was decided to be the official working language of the organization. The initials of the International Shooting Union would have been ISU, but our organization had to continue using the letters of its French title, UIT, in order not to confuse it with the initials used in the international sport world by the International Skating Union ...The change of the title ""Union"" to International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) in order to conform to almost all the other sporting organisations was officially approved at the General Assembly in Barcelona, Spain on 15th July 1998.