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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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“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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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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ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu addressed government and industry safety experts in Bucharest earlier last week when she helped to launch the UN aviation agency’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Cybersecurity in Civil Aviation Summit.…
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ICAO Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Yury Fedotov, took an important step to bolster global efforts targeting international terrorism and transnational…
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ICAO is releasing the very first version of the ICAO Traveller Identification Programme (TRIP) Guide on Border Control Management (BCM) to help States optimize their use of the available tools, systems, and applications. In their…
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ICAO works with many stakeholders to address the forecast shortage of aviation professionals. By launching the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) initiative in 2009, ICAO took steps to ensure that qualified and competent…
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Addressing African leaders at the 30th African Union (AU) Summit last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu praised the official launch of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), noting…
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ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu welcomed the endorsement yesterday of a new Asia and Pacific (APAC) Aviation Security Roadmap, one which will now align national and regional programmes and targets with the UN aviation agency’s new…
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The United Kingdom Department for Transport (DfT) is holding a competition that they hope will help to improve aviation security around the world. Encouraging innovative science and technology, they are looking for proposals for…
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