Annual report

Annual Overview 
| About the IFRC 
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How the IFRC is governed
The 
IFRC President
is a National Society leader 
elected by their peers during a General Assembly, 
and is responsible for guiding the IFRC, ensuring 
that it implements the decisions made by its 
governing bodies, and exercises its functions as 
defined in the Constitution. 
The President is the highest personality of the 
IFRC and is responsible to the General Assembly 
for ensuring that the organization pursues its 
general object and exercises its functions as 
defined in the Constitution. The President acts 
under the authority of the General Assembly 
and of the Governing Board to guide the IFRC’s 
affairs – including the activities of the Secretary 
General – in conformity with the decisions of the 
General Assembly and the Governing Board.
The statutory functions of the IFRC President 
include, but are not limited to, the following 
responsibilities:
1. 
Convene and preside over the sessions of 
the General Assembly and the Governing 
Board.
2. 
Present to the General Assembly a review 
of the state of the IFRC.
3. 
Present to the Governing Board and 
General Assembly the report of a firm of 
internationally recognized independent 
auditors.
4. 
Coordinate the work of the governance 
bodies, commissions and committees of 
the IFRC.
5. 
Represent the IFRC in its relations with the 
other components of the Movement and 
with other international organizations and 
institutions.
Compliance 
and mediation
Election
Audit and risk
Finance
Youth
President
Governing 
Board
Working 
Groups and 
Advisory 
Bodies
Secretary 
General 
IFRC 
Secretariat
General Assembly
Elects/appoints/sets up
Reporting obligation