The General Assembly, the highest governing body of CCIVS, is composed of the full and candidate member organisations and is held at least once in three years.
All member organisations have the right to participate in the GA. The GA shall elaborate a programme of action deciding and structuring the activities, the priorities and responsibilities for activities in the period between General Assemblies.
Past General Assemblies
| 1 | UNESCO Paris | April 1948 | |
| 2 | UNESCO Paris | March 1949 | |
| 3 | UNESCO Paris | April 1950 | |
| 4 | UNESCO Paris | April 1951 | |
| 5 | UNESCO Paris | March 1952 | |
| 6 | UNESCO Paris | March 1953 | |
| 7 | Marly-le-Roi (France) | April 1954 | |
| 8 | Marly-le-Roi (France) | March 1955 | |
| 9 | Chamonix (France) | March 1956 | |
| 10 | Bonn (Germany) | March 1957 | |
| 11 | New Delhi (India) | January 1958 | |
| 12 | Niska Banja (Yugoslavia) | March 1960 | |
| 13 | N’Kpwang (Cameroon) | March 1962 | |
| 14 | Linz (Austria) | March 1964 | |
| 15 | Rosario (Argentina) | February 1966 | |
| 16 | St. Cergue (Switzerland) | December 1968 | |
| 17 | Varna (Bulgaria) | December 1970 | |
| 18 | Tema (Ghana) | February 1973 | |
| 19 | Khaldeh (Lebanon) | March 1975 | |
| 20 | Panama City (Panama) | March 1978 | |
| 21 | Bangalore (India) | December 1980 | |
| 22 | Marly-le-Roi (France) | December 1983 | |
| 23 | Accra (Ghana) | November 1986 | |
| 24 | Hamamet (Tunisia) | December 1989 | |
| 25 | Moscow (Russia) | January 1993 | |
| 26 | Berlin (Germany) | November 1995 | |
| 27 | Bouznika (Morocco) | November 1998 | |
| 28 | Beauvoisin (France) | November 2001 | |
| 29 | Nairobi (Kenya) | November 2004 | |
| 30 | Lviv (Ukraine) | November 2007 | |
| 31 | Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) | December 2010 | |
| 32 | San Cristobal de las Casas (México) | December 2012 | GA Report 2012 |
| 33 | Seoul (South Korea) | October 2014 | GA Report 2014 |
| 34 | Bouznika (Morocco) | November 2016 | GA Report 2016 |
| 35 | Kundapur (India) | November 2018 | GA Report 2018 |
| 36 | Online | November 2021 |