7 September 2008
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The first Regional Conference in Europe was held in Rome, Italy, in May 1966, and the second in Saint Cloud, France, in 1970. The conferences took place every two years in Saint Cloud until 1976. From then on they have been held annually. According to a decision taken at the conference in April 1983, the Vice-President for Europe acts as chairman of the European Regional Conference. At the 66th General Assembly session (New Delhi, October 1997) it was decided that regional conferences would be held regularly on the four continents, i.e. Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe. They are statutory institutions and are considered as General Assembly committees. The reviewed Terms of References for Interpol Regional Conferences, consistent with the Organization’s legal structure but with the sufficient flexibility to allow each region to address its specific concerns and expectations, were adopted at the 73rd General Assembly session (Cancun, October 2004). The text permits Interpol Regional Conferences to define its own priorities and to devise unique regional responses to problems that exist in its area of the world and to establish their own subsidiary bodies, such as the Interpol European Committee at the European region. The European Regional Conference is a meeting where policy and strategy matters concerning improvement of police co-operation between the European member states and the crime situation are discussed on the basis of preparatory work carried out by the Interpol European Committee, the Sub-Directorate for Europe, officials in the General Secretariat, special working groups and on contributions from delegations. According with the Terms of Reference for Interpol Regional Conferences, the European Conference may take decisions which involve the development of activities related to basic matters connected with criminality and police strategy in the region. Working groups can be set up on different strategic and operational subjects and they report back to the Conference on their activities. The Conference has no constitutional power to adopt resolutions. Recommendations are submitted to the General Assembly for adoption.
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