Scope:

The General Assembly is constituted by a meeting of the officers and delegates nominated by the member bodies. Correspondent members and subscriber members may attend as observers.

As a general rule, the General Assembly meets once a year. Its agenda includes, inter alia , actions relating to the ISO annual report, an ISO multi-year strategic plan with financial implications, and the Treasurer's annual financial status report on the Central Secretariat.

The President is Chairman of the General Assembly.

The Central Secretariat acts as secretariat to the General Assembly, the Council, the policy development committees and their subsidiary bodies, the Technical Management Board and the committee on general standardization principles.