Soccer's FIFA congress resumed in Zurich as planned after a lunch break marred by a bomb threat.
Swiss police earlier on Friday revealed a threat had been made against the ruling body's congress.
Authorities were alerted about 11am local time, police spokesman Marco Cortesi confirmed.
The hall and the media tribune were fully evacuated when the lunch break started at noon , an unusual procedure as normally the media are allowed to stay. Staff said the measure was taken to clean the place.
"All is cleared up," FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said as the congress resumed as planned 90 minutes later.
"There was an anonymous threat. We decided to evacuate the rooms."
The FIFA presidential election was set to take place later on Friday, with current president Sepp Blatter expected to retain his role despite widespread allegations of corruption.
Protests have been taking place outside the meeting venue, with pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for Israel's suspension from FIFA.
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