SINGAPORE RE-ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION



          Singapore was successfully re-elected to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),1 on 1 October 2016, at the 39th Session of the ICAO Assembly in Montréal, Canada.

2        Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport Mr Khaw Boon Wan, who led the Singapore delegation to the ICAO Assembly, said, “We are honoured to be re-elected to the Council of ICAO and by the support of our fellow ICAO Member States. We will continue to contribute actively to the advancement of the ICAO’s mission.”

3        Singapore was first elected to the Council of the ICAO in 2003, at an extraordinary Assembly session convened to fill three new Council seats, and was subsequently re-elected in 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013 at the Assembly Sessions held every three years.

4        Singapore contributes in over 100 ICAO expert groups to help shape international standards in areas ranging from aviation safety, aviation security, airport operations, and air traffic management, to aviation environmental protection, air law, and aviation medicine, and currently holds leadership positions in 18 of them.

5        In addition, the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA), the training arm of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS),2 provides a wide range of specialised aviation training programmes for civil aviation professionals worldwide, to promote human capital development. Many course participants attend on fellowships from the Singapore Government, with a significant number of these offered jointly with the ICAO. Through the SAA and its partnerships with other leading international aviation organisations and academic institutions, Singapore has created numerous platforms for aviation leaders and experts to exchange views and formulate new ideas to advance international civil aviation.

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
SINGAPORE
2 OCTOBER 2016

1 The Council is the ICAO’s governing body and comprises 36 Members who are elected every three years.  For more information, please refer to http://www.icao.int.

2 The SAA is an ICAO TRAINAIR Plus Full Member, an ICAO-endorsed Government Safety Inspector Training Centre, and an ICAO Aviation Security Training Centre.  For more information, please refer to http://www.saa.com.sg.


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Grace Chen
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Cheryl Chong
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