General Assembly

Mandate

The General Assembly is the high-level deliberative body for constitutional questions, major institutional transitions, and broad legitimacy matters. It is the organ through which the wider membership exercises constitutional oversight of IAASO as an institution.

Responsibilities

• Constitutional amendment ratification
• Approval of major governance reforms
• Confirmation of structural decentralization milestones
• Review of annual transparency and stewardship reports
• Recognition of major councils or standing bodies

Composition

Drawn from the recognized participation classes of Article VII — founding, technical, and institutional members, accredited bodies, and observers — under publicly documented rules. Anti-capture safeguards of Article XV (role separation, quorum and supermajority rules, conflict-of-interest disclosure) apply to all Assembly proceedings.