ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS MEMBER STATES SHOULD SPEED UP IMPLEMENTATION OF GASEP SECURITY COMMITMENTS
November 1st, 2018
THE SECRETARY General of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has raised concerns that that its member states are implementing commitments made in the 2017 ICAO Global Aviation Security Plan (GASeP) too slowly. It has three main deadlines to boost security in airports and planes – 2020, 2023 and 2030. With 2020 looming large Dr Fang Lui said that looking at security progress thus far, many member states were “far below the targets for 2020”. That means “immediate and active…efforts need to be taken, with less than two years to go,” ...
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