Nigeria’s Dr. Aliu elected ICAO President for the second time
Nigeria’s Dr. Benard Aliu has been re-elected as President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for a second three-year term.
Aliu secured the mandate at the council’s meeting which took place in Montreal, Canada on Monday night.
While delivering his acceptance speech, Aliu said that ICAO had been working over the last three years in promoting the importance of civil aviation to socio-economic development.
He noted that the global aviation regulatory body had given priority to national and regional investment and development planning.
Aliu said:“We have also made great strides in securing the assistance and capacity building our Member States need most, under the ICAO No Country Left Behind initiative.
“We will now look forward to its next interaction which will be more focused on aviation infrastructure development.
“The ICAO Council has played a key leadership role in this process, and its guidance will now be needed more than ever to assure the fast-tracked development of the new ICAO Global Aviation Security Plan (GASeP), endorsed at the 39th Assembly”
He called for ICAO to offer guidance to States on the operational, regulatory, training and capacity building requirements in support of its Aviation system Block Upgrades (ASBUs), both nationally and regionally.
According to him, this will fast track the ongoing pursuit of the objectives and targets under ICAO’s Global Plans for Safety and Air Navigation, the GASP and the GANP.
Aliu stressed that he would use his renewed mandate to drive further progress on the regulatory requirements for cybersecurity preparedness, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and commercial space flights.
He added that focus would also be on the development and operationalisation of an Emergency Response Policy for ICAO, amongst a wide-range of further objectives for ICAO and 21st century air transport.
Aliu first assumed the office of ICAO Council President on Jan.1, 2014, having been elected by acclamation by the ICAO Council following the completion of the mandate of the previous President, Mr Roberto González.
Before becoming the president for the first time, he served as the Representative of Nigeria on the ICAO Council from Jan.1, 2005 to Dec. 31, 2013.
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