Today’s post will cover INTERPOL’s upcoming General Assembly from 24 to 27 of November.
INTERPOL’s General Assembly is an annual event hosted for INTERPOL’s member countries to discuss and vote on varying global law enforcement issues. The 93rd meeting will take place this year in Marrakech, Morocco. The traditionally 4-day event is always hosted by one of INTERPOL’s member countries. Attending representatives vote on issues to ensure that INTERPOL is meeting the needs of its member countries. The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body and there are either one or several representatives (typically police chiefs and ministry officials) elected from each of INTERPOL’s current 195 member countries. Each country may cast one vote on issues discussed.
The agenda this year includes:
- Identifying and disrupting transnational organized crime.
- Dismantling transnational scam centres.
- Expansion of INTERPOL’s global policing capabilities.
- Women in policing.
- Silver Notice pilot project results.
- Promoting the ratification of the United Nations’ Convention Against Cybercrime.
The Assembly will also vote for new members of the Executive Committee, including the President, as their mandates come to an end.
Our next post will address Morocco’s hosting of the event, why INTERPOL may have chosen it, and how the country behaves within INTERPOL.
As always, thoughts and comments are welcomed.