国际民航组织总部保留在蒙特利尔到2036年
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国际民航组织总部保留在蒙特利尔到2036年
OTTAWA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Canada and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Monday signed a new agreement to keep the UN agency's headquarters in Montreal for another 20 years after 2016, when the current agreement expires.
Canada has promised to
modernize1 ICAO conference facilities, purchase additional security equipment ahead of this fall's assembly meeting and improve
accreditation2 and visa service among others.
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said his country recognized the importance of keeping ICAO and their lobbying efforts have paid off.
ICAO Secretary-General Raymond Benjamin said Canada has been a host for over 60 years now, and Montreal's
multicultural3 and
aerospace4-intensive environment is very well-suited to the organization's State Council Representatives, delegates and international staff.
Montreal, Canada's second largest city, has hosted the headquarters since 1947 when the organization was founded. The city's surrounding region hosts world-class airline research companies, manufacturers and innovators, and the second-largest
density5 of aerospace jobs in the world.
On April 22, a Qatari
delegation6 visited Montreal and presented a proposal to move the ICAO headquarters to Doha, complaining that the Canadian city is too cold and too far from Europe and Asia.
An ICAO vote had been set for September, and to prevail its bid, Qatar needs a minimum of 60 percent votes of the member states.
The move of Qatar triggered a month-long lobbying by Canada to nearly 100 countries until May 24 when Benjamin announced Qatar's decision to withdraw its proposal.
ICAO, which groups 191 member states,
codifies7 the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
The organization, with 534 staff members and 37
full-time8 foreign
delegations9 in Montreal, is the only UN agency based in Canada which generates some 100 million Canadian dollars (about 103 million U.S. dollars)
annually10 for the city's economy and 1,200 direct and indirect jobs.
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