ICAO Secretary General Promises Partnership to Provide Effective Response to Evolving Aviation Security Threats

At the 25th AVSEC (Aviation Security) World Conference, ICAO’s Secretary General, Dr. Fang Liu, stressed the need for partnership and leadership, guided by an envisaged ICAO Global Aviation Security Plan, in order for the air transport community to effectively address emerging and evolving security threats with integrated solutions.

The two day conference, a joint initiative with IATA and Airports Council International (ACI), opened in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 25, 2016. Key topics such as securing landside spaces at airports, information sharing among governments, managing the risks of home-grown terrorism and preventing cyber threats are at the top of the three-day agenda.

“As our cooperative efforts towards addressing new and evolving threats become better aligned under an envisaged ICAO Global Aviation Security Plan, and supported by more intensive training and capacity-building where our system needs it the most, I am reassured that international aviation will be able to move forward confidently, collaboratively and effectively,” Dr. Liu declared in her address to delegates.

“ICAO will continue to do its part as we embark on this journey, providing a platform for leadership in the identification and implementation of global aviation security priorities, and working alongside States, industry and our UN system counterparts to assure a coordinated global response to current and future threats.”