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Shri U.S. Misra, Director of CBI and Head of Interpol India
was today elected as the Vice President of Interpol. He defeated
Mr. Andrew Hughs, Commissioner of Police, Fizi by 53 votes
in the election held on the concluding day of the General
Assembly of Interpol at Berlin, Germany. While Sh. Misra received
93 votes Mr. Andrew Hughs got 40 votes. The election to the
184-member body is being described as a major achievement
for India. As Vice-President, representing Asia region, Shri
Misra will have just one-year term. Earlier, Shri P.C. Sharma,
former Director, CBI was elected Vice-President (Asia region)
in the election held during 2003 for a period of three years
but Shri Sharma resigned from this post recently necessitating
the election for the remaining term. Prior to Shri Sharma,
Shri F.V. Arul was elected as a delegate of the Interpol nearly
30 years ago.
Shri Misra is one of the senior-most police officers in
the country having 37 years of experience in various areas
of policing, ranging from criminal investigation, law enforcement,
training, policy formulation and management. As Director of
the premier investigating agency of India, Shri Misra has
tried to give a new direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation
through steps like preventive vigilance, special drives and
employee welfare measures. For distinguished service, Shri
Misra has been awarded the President's Police Medal and the
Indian Police Medal.
In his election speech at the Interpol General Assembly,
Shri Misra promised to strive for making Interpol pro-active
and responsive in collection, analysis, collation and dissemination
of criminal intelligence; decentralization of the functions
and activities of Interpol by opening up more Regional and
Sub-Regional Bureaux and making Interpol Notices effective
by persuading Member-States to accord legal sanctity to them.
The executive committee of the Interpol, consisting of the
President, Vice-President and the delegates, is the select
deliberative organ which meets thrice a year before the General
Assembly. Its role is to supervise the execution of the decision
of the General Assembly, prepare the agenda for the sessions
of the General Assembly besides submitting to the General
Assembly any programme of work or project which it considers
useful.
Shri Misra is leading an eight-member Indian delegation
to the Interpol General assembly which concludes today.
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