INTERPOL's

STRUCTURE
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

TOPIC GENERAL SECRETARIAT

NATIONAL CENTRAL SECRETARIAT

ADVISERS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 The General Assembly is INTERPOL's
supreme governing body, comprising
representatives from each of our member
countries. It meets once a year and each
session lasts around four days.

GENERAL Our membership comes together annually in

ASSEMBLY the General Assembly to vote on activities and
policy.

Each member country may be represented by

one or several delegates who are typically
chiefs of police and senior ministry officials.
WHAT IS A JOB OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY’s MEMBER?

+ They are assigned to ensure that INTERPOL’s activities

correspond to the needs of our member countries. It does this
by determining the principles and measures for the
Organization to reach its objectives, and by reviewing and
approving the programme of activities and financial policy for
the coming year.
+ On the agenda each year are also the major crime trends and
security threats facing the world.
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Committee's members sit at the top level of policing in
their own countries and bring many years of experience and
knowledge to advise and guide the Organization.

The Executive Committee is the governing body in charge of

supervising the execution of the General Assembly’s decisions
and the administration and work of the General Secretariat. It
meets three times a year.
 Supervise the execution of the decisions of the General
Supervise Assembly;

ROLES OF
Prepare Prepare the agenda for sessions of the General Assembly;

EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
Submit to the General Assembly any programme of work
Submit or project which it considers useful;

Supervise the administration and work of the Secretary

Supervise General.
Composition of the Executive Committee

+ Elected by the General Assembly, the Executive Committee

has 13 members comprising the President of the Organization,
three vice-presidents and nine delegates. They are all from
different countries and the geographical distribution is
balanced.
+ The President is elected for four years, and vice-presidents
and delegates for three.
 Current members of the Executive
Committee
+ President
+ Ahmed Naser AL-RAISI (United Arab Emirates)
+ Vice-Presidents
• Peter DE BUYSSCHER (Belgium)
• Garba Baba UMAR (Nigeria)
• Valdecy URQUIZA (Brazil)
+ Delegates
• Juan Carlos HERNÁNDEZ (Argentina)
• Binchen HU (China)
• Michael A. HUGHES (United States)
• Will KERR (United Kingdom)
• María Alicia MALO SÁNCHEZ (Spain)
• Anne-Marie NAINDA (Namibia)
• Alaa RAGAB (Egypt)
• Selçuk SEVGEL (Türkiye)
• Praveen SINHA (India)
 GENERAL
SECRETARIAT
 GENRAL
SECRETARIAT
NATIONAL CENTRAL
BUREAUS
NATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAUS
+In each country, an INTERPOL National Central Bureau
(NCB) provides the central point of contact for the
General Secretariat and other NCBs. An NCB is run by
national police officials and usually sits in the
government ministry responsible for policing.
+The National Central Bureau is a country’s focal point
for all INTERPOL activities.
NATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAUS
+ Each of our member countries hosts an INTERPOL National
Central Bureau (NCB). This connects their national law
enforcement with other countries and with the General
Secretariat via our secure global police communications network
called I-24/7.
+ Many crimes today have an international aspect; think of
cybercrimes, fugitives, or stolen or illicit goods that are driven by
organized crime groups. When a crime goes beyond their
national jurisdiction, a country needs international support to
solve it.
The heart of INTERPOL
+ NCBs are at the heart of INTERPOL and how we work. They
seek the information needed from other NCBs to help
investigate crime or criminals in their own country, and they
share criminal data and intelligence to assist another country.

+ As part of their role in global investigations, NCBs work with:

• Law enforcement agencies in their own country
• Other NCBs and Sub-Bureaus around the world
• The General Secretariat’s offices worldwide
ADVISER
Article 46

Advisers may be individually or collectively

consulted on the initiative of the Assembly, the
Executive Committee, the President or the Secretary
General. They may make suggestions of a scientific
nature to the General Secretariat or the Executive
Committee.
Article 47

At the request of the General Assembly, the

Executive Committee or the Secretary General,
reports or papers on scientific matters may be
submitted to the Assembly by Advisers.
Article 48
Advisers may be present at meetings of the General
Assembly as observers and, on the invitation of the
President, may take part in the discussions.
Article 49

Several Advisers may be nationals of the same

country.
Article 50

The Advisers may meet when convened by the

President of the Organization.