ICAO Council

Salvatore Sciacchitano was re-elected by acclamation for a second three-year term as President of the ICAO Council. “While the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the Organization’s work, I take great pride in the fact that the…
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The 41st Session of the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization completed the election of its new Council on 4 October 2022. The 36-member Council is the governing body of the Organization and is elected for a…
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The initiative began in 2014 during the first ICAO Council off-site strategy session. They had a goal to establish ways ICAO could better communicate with and assist its Member States. At the time, there were a lot of discrepancies with how…
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During its 226th Meeting Session, the ICAO Council considered matters referring to the operation of double-registered aircraft in the Russian Federation. Article 18 of the Chicago Convention provides that an aircraft cannot be validly…
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During a meeting of its 226th Session earlier this month, the ICAO Council condemned the continuation of unannounced missiles being launched by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The missile launches continue to pose a…
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In light of its continued missile testing in international airspace, the ICAO Council is again urging the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to act in accordance with the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago…
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The 36 States composing the ICAO Council discussed today the situation unfolding in Ukraine, during a scheduled meeting of the ICAO Governing Body’s 225th Session. A representative of Ukraine also participated in the Council meeting on the…
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In a recent conversation with the Director of ICAO's Air Transport Bureau, Mr. Mohammed Khalifa Rahma, shared his vision for air transport and how the activities in this Bureau help to support this vision.   ICAO's Air Transport Bureau …
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On August 1, 2021, Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar of Colombia officially assumed the office of ICAO Secretary General, succeeding Dr. Fang Liu of China. He assumes this role as CEO of the UN’s specialized agency for civil aviation as the…
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As her second term came to an end, we are shining a spotlight on the 12th Secretary General of ICAO and the first woman to hold this position. Dr. Fang Liu's six-year journey as Secretary General began in August 2015 when she was appointed…
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