Taiwan wins invitation to ICAO meeting in Montreal

TAIPEI – Taiwan appears to have has a breakthrough in its long campaign for official representation at meetings of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), with Shen Chi, Director-General of Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, invited to lead a delegation to ICAO’s 38th assembly in Montreal starting on September 24. Taiwan has not been invited to an ICAO meeting since its lost its seat to the United Nations 42 years ago.

With more than 1.3 million flights accounting for 40 million passengers annually using Taiwanese airspace, Taiwan has pointed to the urgent need for its civil aviation administrators to be fully informed as participants in matters of global  aviation safety and security. The Taiwanese delegtion will attend under the name of ‘Chinese Taipei”.  (ATI)