ICAO Adopts Aviation Security Declaration, Signs MOU on Safety Info Exchange
The International Civil Aviation Organization announces that at the 37th Session of the ICAO Assembly, participants adopted a Declaration on Aviation Security and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a global safety information exchange.
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The Assembly also endorsed the ICAO Comprehensive Aviation Security Strategy (ICASS); gave unanimous support for the continuation of the Universal Security Audit Program (USAP); and adopted many resolutions on new programs and policies on safety management.
They also signed a resolution to reduce the impact of aviation emissions on climate change.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 09/29/10 news, 10092907, for BP summary of DHS Secretary Napolitano’s urging of ICAO representatives to approve the Declaration on Aviation Security.)
(Press release dated 10/08/10)
The State Department’s press release is available here.
DHS Secretary Napolitano’s comments are available here.