]ARTICLE 20  Additional Roles and Responsibilities  of Signatories and WADAWorld Anti-Doping Code 202112520.3.10 To authorize and facilitate the Independent Observer Program at International Events.20.3.11 To withhold some or all funding to their member or recognized National Federations that are not in compliance with the Code and/or the International Standards.20.3.12 To vigorously pursue all potential anti-doping rule violations within their authority including investigation into whether Athlete Support Personnel or other Persons may have been involved in each case of doping, to ensure proper enforcement of Consequences, and to conduct an automatic investigation of Athlete Support Personnel in the case of any anti-doping rule violation involving a Protected Person or Athlete Support Person who has provided support to more than one Athlete found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation.20.3.13 To plan, implement, evaluate and promote anti-doping Education in line with the requirements of the International Standard for Education, including requiring National Federations to conduct anti-doping Education in coordination with the applicable National Anti-Doping Organization.20.3.14 To accept bids for World Championships and other International Events only from countries where the government has ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to the UNESCO Convention, and (where required under Article 24.1.9) to not accept bids for Events from countries where the National Olympic Committee, the National Paralympic Committee and/or the National Anti-Doping Organization is not in compliance with the Code or the International Standards.20.3.15 To cooperate with relevant national organizations and agencies and other Anti-Doping Organizations.World Anti-Doping Code 2021126Roles andResponsibilities3   PART20.3.16 To cooperate fully with WADA  in connection with investigations conducted by WADA  pursuant to Article 20.7.14.20.3.17 To have disciplinary rules in place and require National Federations to have disciplinary rules in place to prevent Athlete Support Personnel who are Using Prohibited Substances or Prohibited Methods without valid justification from providing support to Athletes within the International Federation’s or National Federation’s authority.20.3.18 To respect the operational independence of laboratories as provided in the International Standard for Laboratories.20.3.19 To adopt a policy or rule implementing Article 2.11.20.4 Roles and Responsibilities of National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic Committees20.4.1 To ensure that their anti-doping policies and rules conform with the Code and the International Standards.20.4.2 To require, as a condition of membership, that the policies, rules and programs of their National Federations and other members are in compliance with the Code and the International Standards, and to take appropriate action to enforce such compliance.20.4.3 To respect the autonomy of the National Anti-Doping Organization in their country and not to interfere in its operational decisions and activities.20.4.4 To require National Federations to report any information suggesting or relating to an anti-doping rule violation to their National Anti-Doping Organization and International Federation and to cooperate with investigations conducted by any Anti-Doping Organization with authority to conduct the investigation.ARTICLE 20  Additional Roles and Responsibilities  of Signatories and WADAWorld Anti-Doping Code 202112720.4.5 To require, as a condition of participation in the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games that, at a minimum, Athletes who are not regular members of a National Federation be available for Sample collection and to provide whereabouts information as required by the International Standard for Testing and Investigations as soon as the Athlete is identified on the long list or subsequent entry document submitted in connection with the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games.20.4.6 To cooperate with their National Anti-Doping Organization and to work with their government to establish a National Anti-Doping Organization where one does not already exist, provided that, in the interim, the National Olympic Committee or its designee shall fulfill the responsibility of a National Anti-Doping Organization.