ICAO’s Council President, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, met recently with the European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport, Ms. Violeta Bulc, while he was in Paris for a series of ICAO Environmental Protection events and presentations at the COP21. The two officials discussed environmental issues in general and ICAO’s progress in finalizing a global market-based measure (MBM) scheme for international aviation, in time for the 39th ICAO Assembly in September 2016. They also touched on recent developments involving cybersecurity, remotely-piloted aircraft and conflict zones. At present during the discussions were the EU’s ICAO Head of Office, Mr. Christopher Ross, ICAO Deputy Director for Environmental Protection, Ms. Jane Hupe, and ICAO’s Regional Director for the European and North Atlantic (Paris) Office, Mr. Luis Fonseca de Almeida.

ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (left) and ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu (right) welcomed over 800 participants, including Ministers and senior officials from industry and UN/international organizations to the inaugural ICAO World Aviation Forum on 23 November 2015. More...

The President of the Republic of The Philippines, H. E. Benigno S. Aquino III (centre), with ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (second from left). The two are joined by The Philippines’ Secretary of Transportation and Communication, his Honour Joseph Emilio A. Abaya (far left), Mr. Arun Mishra, ICAO Regional Director for the Asia-Pacific (second from right) and the State’s Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Lt. Gen. William K. Hotchkiss (far right). More...

During her first mission to the United States as ICAO Secretary General and accompanied by the U.S. Representative on the ICAO Council, Ambassador Michael Anderson Lawson, Dr. Fang Liu met recently with Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Mr. Michael P. Huerta (above left), and with Mr. Christopher Hart, Chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (right) to discuss a range of strategic planning issues. During this visit, Dr. Liu also met with the Department of Transportation’s Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, Ms. Susan Kurland, the Transportation Security Administration’s Assistant Administrator for the Office of Global Strategies, Mr. Paul Fujimura, the Department of Commerce’s Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis, Mr. Marcus Jadotte, and from the Department of State Mr. Kurt Tong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and Ms. Bathsheba Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations.

ICAO Council President, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, met recently with the President of Azerbaijan, H.E. Ilham Aliyev (centre) while visiting the country to attend the 35th Session of the Interstate Council on Aviation and Airspace Use in Baku. Also present was Interstate Aviation Committee Chairperson Dr. Tatiana Anodina (second from right), the President of Azerbaijan Airlines, Mr. Jahangir Askerov (far left) and ICAO EURNAT Regional Office Director, Mr. Luis Fonseca de Almeida. More...

ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu, accompanied by senior ICAO officials, paid a courtesy visit on the occasion of her recent appointment to provincial authorities in Quebec City on 20 October 2015. SG Liu met with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard (shown above) along with other high-level authorities, including Mrs. Christine St- Pierre, Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie and Mr. Jacques Chagnon, President of the National Assembly.

During a visit to China from 28 – 30 September 2015, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu, accompanied by ICAO’s Technical Co-operation Bureau Director, Mr. Ivan Galan, and Regional Director for the Asia and Pacific Region, Mr. Arun Mishra, met with Mr. Ma Kai, Vice Premier of China (above), accompanied by Mr. Li, Jiaxiang, Administrator, Civil Aviation Authority of China; Mr. Wang Zhiqing, Deputy Administrator; Mr. Ma Tao, China’s ICAO Council Representative, and other senior officials. The Vice Premier expressed China’s full support as Dr Liu seeks to lead ICAO towards fostering a safe, secure, efficient and sustainable aviation system worldwide. Dr. Liu expressed ICAO’s gratitude for China’s support to ICAO’s programmes and its outstanding assistance with the ICAO Regional Sub-Office in Beijing.

ICAO Council President, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu delivered a strong environmental message to attendees of the Air Transport Action Group’s (ATAG’s) Global Sustainable Aviation Summit, held recently in Geneva, Switzerland. In his address, Dr. Aliu emphasized the importance of the upcoming UNFCCC COP21 event to air transport’s near and long-term goals, stressing how partnerships are essential to addressing aviation emissions. More...