Shefali Juneja named as chairperson of UN’s Air Transport Committee

Shefali Juneja named as chairperson of UN’s Air Transport Committee

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: October 29 2022

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Shefali Juneja has been elected as the chairperson of the United Nations’ specialized aviation agency’s Air Transport Committee (ATC).
Juneja, a 1992 batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), served as a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) before joining the ICAO.
India secured this position in ICAO after 28 years when Juneja was unanimously elected to the post on Monday.
She is the first woman to represent India in the ICAO. ATC is a standing committee of the ICAO created by the Chicago Convention in 1944.
ICAO Headquarters: Montreal, Canada;
ICAO Council President: Salvatore Sciacchitano;
ICAO Founded: 7 December 1944.

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