| Today some 10 million passengers take to the skies on 100,000 flights each and every day in aviation's global network | It sets standards and regulations necessary for aviation safety, security, efficiency, capacity and environmental protection, amongst many other priorities |
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| Greater liberalization and multilateralism have also been identified as crucial objectives for future air transport economic viability | Resources for Editors About ICAO A specialized agency of the United Nations, ICAO was created in 1944 to promote the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation throughout the world |
Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, and ICAO Secretary General, Dr.
| Cooperation also makes our aircraft and facilities more secure, and better prepared to adjust to new and emerging threats | "Section 4 Chapter 16 Winch Launching" |
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| They formalized in the Convention's pre-amble their objective to ensure that civil aviation would become an instrument for world peace and prosperity, and in the decades since aviation's ability to connect the world's peoples and cultures, and to drive significant socio-economic benefits for cities, regions and countries, has only expanded | In 2016, this theme provides an important reminder of the role of cooperation and partnership in everything we seek to achieve in global civil aviation |
And we have been working tirelessly to promote the importance of civil aviation to socio-economic development and its prioritization in national and regional development and investment planning.
3| Flying remains the safest form of transport because aviation safety benefits from an incredible team effort by governments, airline and airport operators, manufacturers and service providers, maintenance staff and others who make safety their priority | International civil aviation remains our most remarkable example of successful human cooperation and global partnership, and a shining example to the world of how much we can achieve when we meet our shared challenges together |
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