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Category : Appointment/Resignation
Published on: September 27 2021
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· Shefali Juneja has been elected as the Chairperson of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aviation Safety Committee.
· She is also the first woman to head this strategic committee.
· Juneja has previously served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation dealing with international agreements from 2012 to 2019.
· India has got this responsibility after a gap of 12 years.
Important facts
About the International Civil Aviation Organization
v ICAO is funded and directed by 193 national governments as signatory states to the Chicago Convention (1944) to support their diplomacy and cooperation in air transportation.
v Founded: 4 April 1947
v Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
v Secretary General: Juan Carlos Salazar Gomezu
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