Ambassador Julio Peña Guzmán, permanent representative of the Dominican Republic to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), visited last Tuesday the president of the ICAO Council, the organization’s governing body, Salvatore Sciacchitano.
At the meeting, Peña reiterated the Dominican government’s commitment to continue cooperating with the work of the ICAO Council to facilitate and promote safe, secure, efficient and sustainable international civil aviation.
Likewise, as part of the activities to start his administration, the ambassador also held bilateral meetings with the representatives of Canada, Singapore, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia and Australia, as members of the ICAO Council.
Peña will continue to hold meetings with the other counterparts in the Council, as well as the Secretary General and the directors of the ICAO Bureaus.
About ICAO
ICAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) system, created in 1944 by signing the Convention on International Civil Aviation in the city of Chicago, in order to promote the safe and orderly development of international air transport.
ICAO is made up of 193 member States and develops Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) for the safety of civil aviation, the sustainability of air transport and the protection of the environment.
The Dominican Republic is one of the first 26 States to sign and ratify the Convention that created ICAO.