ICAO AUDIT

BY MONICA DOBIE, in MontrealTHE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has endorsed a mandatory global air industry security audit, checking standards in all its 187 member states. The initial cost of the ICAO Aviation Security Plan of Action is US$ 17 million, agreed a High-Level Ministerial Conference held in the organisation's Montreal headquarters. The programme, which will identify security problems and recommend ways to rectify them, will be in place by June 14 and will take three years to complete from 2002 to 2004. Gunter Matschnigg, VP of ...


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