Task 14. Read the information about the structure of Interpol and be ready to discuss the functions of its bodies. The chart below can help you.

Article 5 of the Interpol Constitution stipulates the structure of the International Criminal Police Organization — Interpol. It is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the United Nations by member states. The General Assembly and Executive Committee form the Organization's governance.

The General Assembly is Interpol’s supreme governing and decision-making body. It involves one delegate from each member country, and meets once a year. General Assembly makes decisions about strategy, policy and finance. It develops instruments and methods of cooperation and programmes of activities.

Interpol’s day-to-day operation is managed by a General Secretariat under the direction of a secretary general, who is appointed for a five-year term by the General Assembly. It provides a fast and reliable communication system.

An Executive Committee consists of 13 members; each represents a different region of the world. It is appointed by the General Assembly at its annual meeting. The Executive Committee oversees the implementation of decisions made by the General Assembly and supervises the work of the secretary general.

Advisers are experts in a purely advisory capacity. They may be individually or collectively consulted on the initiative of the Assembly, the Executive Committee, the President or the Secretary General.

Nowadays at the heart of every Interpol member country there is a National Central Bureau linking national police with the Interpol’s global network. It was in 1926 when the General Assembly, held in Berlin, proposed that each country should establish a central point of contact within its police structure: the forerunner of the National Central Bureau (NCB). Nowadays it is typically a division of the national police agency or investigation service and serves as the contact point for all Interpol activities in the field.

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