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ICRC decision-making structures
01-08-2013
The governing bodies of the ICRC, comprising the Assembly, the Assembly Council and the Presidency, have overall responsibility for ICRC policy, strategy and decisions related to the development of IHL. These bodies oversee all the activities of the organization, including field and headquarters operations and the approval of objectives and budgets. They also monitor implementation by the Directorate of Assembly or Assembly Council decisions and are assisted in this task by a Control Commission and the internal and external auditors.
Presidency
The ICRC has a president and two vice-presidents. The president, who bears primary responsibility for the ICRC’s external relations, represents the ICRC on the international scene and, in close cooperation with the directorate general, handles the ICRC’s humanitarian diplomacy. At the internal level, he attends to the cohesion, smooth running and development of the organization.
Peter Maurer, president
Christine Beerli, permanent vice-president
Olivier Vodoz, vice-president
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Directorate
The Directorate is the executive body of the ICRC, responsible for applying and ensuring application of the general objectives and institutional strategy defined by the Assembly or the Assembly Council. The Directorate is also responsible for the smooth running of the ICRC and for the efficiency of its staff as a whole.
Yves Daccord, Director-General
Pierre Krähenbühl, Director of Operations
Helen Alderson, Director of Financial Resources and Logistics
Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet, Director of Communication and Information Management
Philip Spoerri, Director for International Law and Cooperation
Caroline Welch-Ballentine, Director of Human Resources
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Assembly
The Assembly is the supreme governing body of the ICRC. It oversees all the ICRC's activities. It formulates policy, defines general objectives and strategy, and approves the budget and accounts. It nominates the directors and the head of Internal Audit. Composed of between 15 and 25 co-opted members of Swiss nationality, the Assembly is collegial in character. Its President and two Vice-Presidents are the President and Vice-Presidents of the ICRC.
Peter Maurer, president
Christine Beerli, permanent vice-president
Olivier Vodoz, vice-president
Christiane Augsburger
Hugo Bänziger
Paolo Bernasconi
François Bugnion
Jacques Chapuis
Bernard G. R. Daniel
Paola Ghillani
Alexis Keller
Jürg Kesselring
Claude Le Coultre
Yves Sandoz
Doris Schopper
Rolf Soiron
Bruno Staffelbach
Heidi Tagliavini
Daniel Thürer
André von Moos
Mauro Arrigoni
Thierry Lombard
Melchior de Muralt
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Honorary members: Jean Abt, Peter Arbenz, Jean-Philippe Assal, Jean-François Aubert, Ernst A. Brugger, Susy Brüschweiler, Jean de Courten, Georges-André Cuendet, Max Daetwyler, Josef Feldmann, Jacques Forster, Athos Gallino, Renée Guisan, Rodolphe de Haller, Jakob Kellenberger, Pierre Keller, Liselotte Kraus-Gurny, Pierre Languetin, Jacques Moreillon, Gabrielle Nanchen, Jakob Nüesch, Anne Petitpierre, Francesca Pometta, Eric Roethlisberger, Dietrich Schindler, Cornelio Sommaruga, Jenö C.A. Staehelin.
Assembly Council
The Assembly Council is a subsidiary body of the Assembly. It prepares the Assembly's activities and takes decisions on matters within its competence, in particular strategic options relating to general policy on funding, personnel and communication. It serves as a link between the Directorate and the Assembly, to which it reports regularly. Composed of five members elected by the Assembly, it is chaired by the president of the ICRC.
Peter Maurer, president
Christine Beerli, permanent vice-president
Claude Le Coultre, member of the Committee
Rolf Soiron, member of the Committee
Bruno Staffelbach, member of the Committee
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