Dirección General del Registro de Población e Identificación Personal
General Directorate of the Population and Personal Identification Registry

Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-024-SSA3-2012, Sistemas de ... - DOF
dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5280847&fecha=30/11/2012
30 nov. 2012 - Dirección General del Registro de Población e Identificación Personal. SECRETARIA DE LA DEFENSA NACIONAL. Dirección General de ...

United Mexican States | Clarciev
clarciev.com/en/paises/mexico-2/
The United Mexican States is a federal constitutional democratic republic with a ... National Registry of Population and Personal Identification (Renapo) is an ...


The civil registration and vital statistics system in Mexico
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/.../KnowledgebaseArticle50226.as...
Recommendations for the improvement of civil registration and vital statistics ... Civil Registry Record, National Population and Personal Identification in Mexico.

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Here you will see many instances in the glossary of "Dirección General" being translated as "General Directorate"
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/education-peda...
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/64...
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/accounting/116...
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/15...

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Chris: Perhaps not the best examples, but here goes:
https://www.anses.fr/en/content/general-directorate
The **General Directorate**
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety is headed by a Director General. He carries out all acts that are not reserved for the Board of Administrators.
The Director General is assisted by a:

General Directorate for SMEs and Entrepreneurship (Department of ...
https://guichet.public.lu/en/organismes/.../dg-pme-aides-pme...
6 ago. 2018 - **General Directorate** for SMEs and Entrepreneurship (Department of Financial Aid for SMEs). B.P. 535 - L-2937 Luxembourg Luxembourg.
General Directorate for SMEs and Entrepreneurship (Department of Financial Aid for SMEs)

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Chris, I have seen it way too often, and the use of "Directorate General" within the EU is common. Its general usage within the UN is the opposite. I am not saying it is not sometimes used. Both the EC and UN have their own Style Guides and, IMO, the UN's is more reliable and more consistent.