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ICAO - 29th Session of the General Assembly

The 'Consolidated Statement of continuing ICAO policies related to the safeguarding of international civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference' is reiterated at the 29th General Assembly Session as Resolution A29-5. The new version does not expand significantly upon the previous Resolution A27-7, however the 'Executive Committee Reports and Minutes' and the working papers do provide further detail.

The 'Executive Committee Reports and Minutes' deals with security at 'Agenda Item 13.1', the notes reveal the most recent achievements have been:
  • Amendment 8 to Annexe 17, adopted in 1992;
  • A comprehensive revision of the Security Manual both in 'substance and in format';
  • The Mechanism for financial, technical and material assistance to States became operational in January 1990.
Unfortunately, the first two documents are not accessible to the general public unless a fee is paid to ICAO.

In addition, working paper 27 (A29-WP/27) constitutes a 'Progress Report on the Implementation of the Mechanism for Financial, Technical and Material Assistance to States with regard to Aviation Security and its overall future requirements'. This represents a good summary to the background and envisaged format of the mechanism. Notably:
  • The objective of the mechanism is to assist states in achieving compliance with Annex 17 and Recommended Practices entailed within;
  • Financial assistance to developing states is in the form of funds-in-trust;
  • Technical assistance includes training programmes, assignment of experts, advice and support;
  • Material assistance includes the provision of aviation security equipment, training aids and any other equipment that could be used for aviation security;
  • At the date of the working paper, a number of states were not in full compliance with the Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 17. In general, the deficiencies included pre-board screening of passengers, programme development and security training programme development and implementation. Through the illustration of these deficiencies in implementation, it is possible to decipher a limited amount of the content of Annex 17 and its recommended practices, although the full content is as yet unknown.  
  •  Appendix B of the document details pledged and received contributions from the contracting states. It reveals that the UK and the US have pledged significantly more than other countries. Please see the 'policy laundering issues' page for more information on why this is significant.

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