ICAO ASSEMBLY WRAPS, WITH DECISIONS ON ENVIRONMENT, SECURITY, SAFETY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
October 1st, 2016
THE ASSEMBLY of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) wrapped up on Friday (October 7), having secured a range of decisions on safety, security, air navigation, the environment, economic growth, professional development and more.
Welcoming the key approval of a global market-based measures deal on limiting carbon, ICAO Council President Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu said: Aviation can now claim its ‘Paris moment,” recalling last December’s UN climate change deal.
The assembly – usually held every three years – also approved the ...
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