FIFA ignored any problems to do with World Cup stadium construction, including human rights, up to and including Brazil in 2014, a senior official admitted on Wednesday. Federico Addiechi said football's governing body did not view anything concerned with the building of venues for football's biggest tournament as its "problem"..."In the past we did not recognise the work done in connection with the construction of the stadiums for the World Cup as part of our responsibility," he said. "We are doing that now. But even until the World Cup in Brazil we always said... the stadiums are not commissioned by us, we don't have a contractual relationship with the owners, we are only using it for one month... and therefore if there are problems, there's someone else you talk (to) about the problem, certainly not FIFA."

However, he stressed that had been overturned with FIFA's recent adoption of a human rights policy and it now recognises its responsibilities.

New president Gianni Infantino was criticised for his non-attendance by Amnesty International, and a Bangladeshi delegate pleaded with Qatar to treat workers with "respect". And one union leader -- Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation -- claimed she had been followed the previous evening by security services.