The Office of the Director is responsible for ensuring the administrative and operational effectiveness of INTERPOL Washington and its divisions. As authorized by statute, the responsibilities of the Director also include, but are not limited to, acting on behalf of the Attorney General as the official representative to INTERPOL, facilitating international law enforcement cooperation with all INTERPOL member countries; transmitting criminal justice, humanitarian, or other law enforcement-related information between National Central Bureaus of INTERPOL member countries, and law enforcement agencies within the United States and abroad, and coordinating and integrating information involving investigations of an international nature. The Office of the Director also represents INTERPOL Washington at international meetings and forums, and ensures that U.S. law enforcement positions and objectives are accurately represented within INTERPOL’s governing bodies, to include the organization’s Executive Secretariat and General Assembly.