ICAO Council reaches landmark decision on aviation emissions offsetting
The ICAO Council made important headway today on the key international standards supporting the UN aviation agency’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, or ‘CORSIA’.
Its adoption of the First Edition of…
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Council President highlights safety progress and ICAO’s partnership with Equatorial Guinea
During an official ceremony held at the Office of the President and Head of State of Equatorial Guinea earlier this month, the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Dr. Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu…
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Long-term sustainability of global aviation championed in London
Recently the Secretary General of ICAO, Dr. Fang Liu, completed an intensive series of high-level bilateral and multilateral meetings in the United Kingdom, where she encouraged the momentum on the long-term sustainability of all aspects of…
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Nepal’s heightened ICAO compliance results in Council President Certificate
ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu has bestowed a Council President Certificate on the government of Nepal, drawing attention to the State’s significant safety oversight progress during 2017.
At a…
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Going against the wind: One Woman’s Journey to Become a Pilot
I was born and raised in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, after my father, a police constable with the Nepal police, was transferred to the city. I am the first of three children, our family of five lived in one small room. My father's…
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Priorities for security, environment, privatization and gender parity raised as ICAO Secretary…
ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu addressed the 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Sydney, Australia on 5 June 2018, raising a number of points with the attending airline CEOs on the…
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Brazil seminar strengthens TRIP implementation
“There is significant work ahead for States and ICAO in the implementation of coordinated activities aimed at rectifying aviation security and facilitation deficiencies in a sustainable manner,” remarked the Director of ICAO’s Air Transport…
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Promoting aviation and airport sustainability for World Environment Day
Since 1972 and the opening of the Stockholm Convention on the Human Environment, World Environment Day (WED) has been celebrated every 5th of June as an initiative to stimulate global awareness of environmental issues and encourage action.…
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ICAO Secretary General highlights key security and efficiency priorities at International Transport…
Last week ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu joined an illustrious cross section of government and travel/tourism leaders in Leipzig when she participated in two prominent panel discussions at the International Transport Forum’s 2018…
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European and North Atlantic Aviation Security Roadmap Endorsed
ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu welcomed the endorsement today of a European and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Aviation Security Roadmap, one which will now align respective national and regional programmes and targets with the UN…
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