Context: The Central Bureau of Investigation will host the 91st General Assembly of Interpol in 2022 as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of India’s Independence.

What is Interpol?

• The International Criminal Police Organisation, or Interpol, is a 194-member intergovernmental organisation.
• headquarteredin Lyon, France.
• formed in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission, and started calling itself Interpol in 1956.
• India joined the organisation in 1949, and is one of its oldest members.
• Interpol’s declared global policing goals include countering terrorism, promoting border integrity worldwide, protection of vulnerable communities, providing a secure cyberspace for people and businesses, curbing illicit markets, supporting environment security, and promoting global integrity.

• What is the Interpol General Assembly?

• It is Interpol’s supreme governing body, and comprises representatives from all its member countries.
• It meets annuallyfor a session lasting approximately four days, to vote on activities and policy.
• Each country is represented by one or more delegates at the Assembly, who are typically chiefs of law enforcement agencies.
• The Assembly also elects the members of the Interpol Executive Committee, the governing body which “provides guidance and direction in between sessions of the Assembly”.

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  Assembly Resolutions:

  The General Assembly’s decisions take the form of Resolutions.

  Each member country has one vote. 

  Decisions are made either by a simple or a two-thirds majority, depending on the subject matter.