In the United Nations system of specialized agencies such as UNESCO, General Conferences are the recurring meetings of Member States.
General Conference sessions are usually held yearly or biennially (although other frequencies are possible) at the headquarters of the Agency.
[1] A General Conference comprises an Agency's Member States, all having equal voting rights, although non-governmental organizations and intergovernmental organizations, regional or international, usually attend General Conference sessions as observers.
General Conferences determine their Agency's broad policy direction.
General Conferences also elect the Agency's Director General and members of the Agency's standing executive board, while also approving States for membership or suspending a state therefrom.