At the end of the 1970 General Assembly in Budapest, Ch. Gendebien is not re-elected as Secretary General after serving the FCI for 19 years.
During his last report, he informs that 121 CACIB shows were held that year and 719 CIB confirmed by the FCI headquarters. The URCSH registered approximately 5,000 kennel names.
A major decision is made: for a pedigree to be recognised by the other FCI members, it has to be stamped with the newly created FCI stamp. As we know, this situation will create, at the beginning of the 21^st century, big problems which the FCI has to face as different clubs and organisations make use of a quite similar logo.

It is under Mr A. Cabral's presidency in 1971 in Portugal that a new Secretary General, Mr Anicet Godfroid is elected.

Colombia becomes full member and Panama associated member.

Another important decision is made: at CACIB shows, there will now be three classes (Open, Working, Champion), instead of two, where the CACIB will be competed for. In addition, the fee per dog in the catalogue is now 15 BEF (0.375 €). Finally, the FCI members also decide to create a legal commission.

1972 sees the FCI General Assembly travelling outside Europe for the first time. The conference will be organised in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) under the presidency of Barone Forzano.

In Dortmund, in 1973, after different attempts, all turned down, it is resolved to accept the Spanish language at the General Assemblies and for the post, making it therefore a total of 4 official languages which are still in use nowadays. A Cynological World Congress takes place which focuses on specific scientific items.

The 1974 General Assembly decides that a “World Dog Show” will be conducted on the occasion of the Assembly. The participating figures are particularly impressive and show a steady increase to reach the highest ever entry in 2011 with 21,547 dogs.

List of the World Dog Shows since 1974

Date	Place	Entry
1974	Paris	2 832
1975	Rabbat	509
1976	Innsbrück	4 478
1977	Herning	3 883
1978	Mexico
1979	Bern
1980	Verona
1981	Dortmund	8 836
1982	Tokyo	1 404
1983	Madrid	3 097
1984	Acapulco	784
1985	Amsterdam	10 093
1986	Tulln	7 952
1987	Tel Aviv	1 274
1988	Lima	730
1989	Copenhagen	9 473
1990	Brno	11 942
1991	Dortmund	13 427
1992	Valencia	6 664
1993	Buenos Aires	2 178
1994	Bern	15 571
1995	Brussels	14 164
1996	Vienna/Budapest	11 833
1997	Porto Rico	4 060
1998	Helsinki	15 295
1999	Mexico
2000	Milan	15 200
2001	Porto	7 282
2002	Amsterdam	14 520
2003	Dortmund	18 716
2004	Rio de Janeiro	2 060
2005	Buenos Aires	2 806
2006	Poznan	20 869
2007	Mexico	5 528
2008	Stockholm	20 661
2009	Bratislava	21 140
2010	Herning	18 988
2011	Paris	21 547