Singapore re-elected to United Nations ICAO council

SINGAPORE has been re-elected into the council of the UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), at the 37th Session of the ICAO assembly at the UN body's Montreal headquarters, continuing its presence on ICAO's governing council since 2003.

"We are honoured to be re-elected into the ICAO council, and to continue contributing to international efforts to promote the safety, security, and sustainability of civil aviation," said Singapore Transport Minister Raymond Lim, who led the delegation to the ICAO assembly and council election. "The civil aviation sector is poised for further growth in the future, and Singapore is privileged to be able to play a part in enhancing this development," he said.

Singapore was first elected to the council in 2003, at an extraordinary assembly session convened to fill three new council seats, and was subsequently re-elected in 2004 and 2007, at the 35th and 36th sessions of the ICAO assembly, respectively.

Since its election to the council in 2003, Singapore has chaired more than a dozen ICAO expert panel sessions and working group meetings, including the Air Navigation Commission (ANC), the ICAO aviation security panel and the ICAO high level meeting on international aviation and climate change in 2009.

In addition, the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA) of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is dedicated to providing a wide range of specialised aviation training programmes for civil aviation professionals worldwide - many under training fellowships with the ICAO - as part of its mission to build human capital for the global civil aviation community.
(Source:www.schednet.com)