 At his instigation, the IOC became involved in various initiatives to promote women and sport.Samaranch managed to include both the NOC of the People's Republic of China and that of Chinese Taipei; with the assistance of Kéba Mbaye, he contributed to the reintegration of South Africa into the Olympics after the abolition of apartheid; he visited Sarajevo during the civil war to express Olympic solidarity; and the two Koreas marched under the same flag at the opening ceremony in Sydney.For sport, he intensified the IOC's support to organise Paralympic Games as from the Winter Games in Sarajevo in 1984.