MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER 30 – At the 40th General Assembly of Icao (International Civil Aviation Organization), a specialised United Nations agency which governs civil aviation, Italy was re-elected into its Council. The ICAO council comprises 36 members, divided into three groups of different relevance, which are elected every three years. Adequate representation is given to Countries with a significant industrial aviation history and with an effective politics of air transport. The council will serve a three-year term.
In the first phase of the vote, 11 countries were elected in the first group: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Italy, alongside China, was first classified, securing 160 of the 168 votes. Next November, the Council members will meet to appoint the Icao president for the 2020-22 term. For the position of Icao President, the European Civil Aviation Conference -a pan european organization composed of 44 members- selected the Italian Salvatore Sciacchitano, former deputy-director of Italian civil aviation. Italy has been a council member from 1951, and since 1962 it has always been elected into the first group.