On completion of the ICAO 39th Assembly work

39th ICAO Assembly has completed its work.

Over 2200 representatives from 185 countries and 56 organizations participated in the Assembly work.

Within the framework of the Assembly work, a vote was held to elect members of the ICAO Council for the next three-year period. The Assembly also approved a proposal to expand the ICAO Council and Air Navigation Commission and recommended the adoption of corresponding amendments to the articles of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation.

In total, the Assembly session considered more than 500 working papers on 31 agenda items, including the technical assistance programme, technical cooperation in the field of security policy, implementation of the continuous monitoring mechanism within the Universal Safety Audit Programme (USAP) in relation to aviation security, environmental policy, reduction of aircraft noise and aircraft engine emissions, ICAO's policy on civil aviation personnel training and aircraft capacity building, implementation of multilingualism in ICAO and other high-level policy issues.

The Interstate Aviation Committee submitted 7 working documents to the Assembly for consideration with initiatives in the field of flight safety and accident investigation, aviation personnel training, aviation medicine, certification of aerodrome and satellite air navigation.

The Assembly paid much attention to develop programs of regional cooperation, technical assistance to states including in the framework of the initiative "No country is Left Behind".

The Interstate Aviation Committee in this regard produced the working paper with information about the ICAO-IAC RER 01/901 (COSCAP-CIS) project "Development of Operational Safety and Continuing Airworthiness in the Commonwealth of Independent States"(COSCAP-CIS) which was launched in 2001 and continuous successfully. The Assembly recognized the important role of technical cooperation and technical assistance in promoting the achievement of the strategic objectives of the Organization and recommended the "Member States should cooperate to achieve common goals through the implementation of regional and sub-regional projects in the field of technical cooperation.   

In the light of these decisions of the 39th Assembly the signing of the Agreement (Addendum to the Agreement of 2001 between the IAC and ICAO) by the President of the ICAO Council O. Aliu and the IAC Chairperson T. Anodina, as well as the Agreement on the indefinite extension of the activities of the ICAO-IAC RER/01/901 Project (COSCAP-CIS) held during the Assembly is an important step in expanding opportunities for training of qualified personnel, effective implementation of ICAO standards and recommended practices and technical assistance in the country of our region.

The Assembly also held a working meeting of the IAC Chairperson T. Anodina with the heads of delegations of the states of our region and other countries as well as delegations of international organizations.