The Universal Security Audit Programme is based on the following nine principles: Sovereignty. Every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory.…
The experience drawn from the second cycle of the USAP showed that a “one size fits all” approach to auditing is not always the most effective or appropriate means of evaluating a State’s…
Prior to the establishment of the ICAO USAP, a number of ‘technical evaluations’ were conducted in States on a voluntary basis in order to assess compliance with the Standards of Annex 17 and to…
In October 2001, the 33rd Session of the ICAO Assembly adopted Resolution A33-1: Declaration on misuse of civil aircraft as weapons of destruction and other terrorist acts involving civil aviation.…
Pursuant to Assembly Resolution A33-1: Declaration on misuse of civil aircraft as weapons of destruction and other terrorist acts involving civil aviation, from 2002 to 2007, 181 Member States and…
The results of the audit follow-up visits demonstrated that, overall, States had made improvements in their obligations to meet Annex 17 Standards. However, varying levels of improvement were…