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Capt. Claude Hurley appointed new president of the ICAO Air Navigation Commission

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As part of his new duties as the President of the ANC, Capt. Hurley will lead the Commission’s work on the development of Standards and Recommended Practices, as well as ICAO’s global plans.

MONTREAL – The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has appointed Capt. Claude Hurley to a one-year term as President of the ICAO Air Navigation Commission (ANC), the UN civil aviation Organization’s main technical review body.

Capt. Hurley, FRAeS, was nominated for the appointment by the Government of Canada, and his mandate begins on 1 January 2018. He has served as an ANC Commissioner at ICAO since February 2014, was appointed Second ANC Vice-President in 2016, and its First Vice-President in 2017.

As an Air Navigation Commissioner at ICAO, Capt. Hurley has further served as Chair of several technical review groups overseeing the work of the Organization, including groups on Safety Management Systems and implementation support for States under ICAO’s No Country Left Behind Initiative.

Prior to his commitments at ICAO, Capt. Hurley, an executive with Transport Canada, managed and led teams with responsibilities in aviation safety regulatory oversight. Previously he flew as a professional pilot for many years, first in the Canadian Armed Forces, where he served as a tactical pilot, peacekeeper, and search and rescue Commander, as well as in communication and safety roles. Capt Hurley also has extensive civil aviation experience, with a recognized expertise as a Type Rating Instructor, Training Developer, Examiner, Type Technical Pilot, and Manager.

As part of his new duties as the President of the ANC, Capt. Hurley will lead the Commission’s work on the development of Standards and Recommended Practices, as well as ICAO’s global plans. He will also guide the Commission in its preparations for the 2018 ICAO 13th Air Navigation Conference, at which greater convergence on innovations in aviation safety, efficiency, capacity security, and environmental stewardship is expected.

Tuvalu becomes ICAO’s 192nd Member State
Tuvalu has now become the 192nd Member State of ICAO following its official adherence to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention).

ICAO was advised of the development by the Government of the United States of America, which serves as the depositary of the Chicago Convention. Tuvalu deposited its notification of adherence to the Convention on 19 October 2017, and its ICAO Member State status became effective thirty days after on 18 November 2017.

ICAO Member States were advised separately of the development via a State Letter which was issued earlier today by the UN civil aviation specialized agency.

“Membership in ICAO, and compliance with the 12,000-plus global Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) for civil aviation which governments have adopted here, is key today for many States seeking to unlock the sustainable socio-economic development benefits which global route access delivers,” noted the President of the ICAO Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu. “Aviation is pivotal to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted under the UN’s Agenda 2030, and particularly crucial to the sustainable economic prosperity and resilience of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).”

Given that more than half of the world’s billion-plus tourists travel by air to their destinations today, and that by 2034 the positive socio-economic employment and GDP impacts of international tourism are forecast to grow by 66% and 104% respectively, significant growth in air services and tourism represents a particularly important opportunity for island States like Tuvalu.

“As an ICAO Member State, Tuvalu will now benefit from ICAO’s global guidance and support in regard to the development of its aviation policies, capacity-building, and infrastructure development planning,” said ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu. “This includes participation in aviation development opportunities such as the ICAO Air Services Negotiation Events and ICAO World Aviation Forums. It will also benefit from new international partnerships ICAO will help it to establish, the strategic guidance available under our global aviation safety, air navigation, and security plans, as well as inclusion in our critical aviation safety and security auditing programmes.”

Tuvalu is also among the Pacific region SIDS most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Under ICAO it will now be encouraged to develop a State Action Plan respective of its aviation emissions mitigation, and to participate in the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), among other environmental programmes and targets for international air transport.

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