Montreal: Permanent Representative of Qatar to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Essa Abdullah Al Maliki affirmed that Qatar’s winning of ICAO Council membership came as a culmination of its efforts and keenness to fulfil its ICAO obligations, and its active participation in all the initiatives it launched to develop the international civil aviation sector.
Al Maliki said that Qatar’s landslide victory with 160 votes put it among the highest-scoring countries in Group C and reflects the country’s great contributions and efforts, supported by the wise leadership, to provide unlimited support in the civil aviation sector.
He added that the victory is due to the success of the wise leadership and its insightful vision in backing the candidacy file from the beginning until the successful victory. Since its permanent office at ICAO was opened in 2017 giving a qualitative boost to the aviation industry, Qatar has been actively participating in all ICAO activities, and working to enhance cooperation and exchange experiences with various member states that have ICAO permanent offices, Al Maliki said.
He pointed out that Qatar has also, over the past few years, made important contributions to ICAO by providing support for a package of initiatives. Most notably the No Country Left Behind (NCLB) initiative, the ICAO initiative to enhance the role of women working in the field of civil aviation, and the implementation package (iPACK), to support the Member States in their implementation efforts regarding air response, recovery and COVID-19 implementation activities.
