ICAO Security Week Concludes with Muscat Declaration

Muscat, 11 Dec (ONA) --- Activities of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Security Week 2024 concluded today with Muscat Declaration on Aviation Security and Aviation Cybersecurity.

Muscat Declaration affirms that aviation connects the world, brings people and countries together, and makes social and economic development possible through travel, trade and tourism, and thus shall be effectively protected.

The declaration acknowledges the importance of a common UN approach involving cooperation and coordination among all relevant UN bodies and specialized agencies in recognizing the aviation sector as critical infrastructure on which national security, prosperity and development, as well as the global economy, are dependent.

Further, the declaration recognizes that aviation security and cybersecurity are critical for the sustainable development of air transport and that it needs to be prioritized and appropriately resourced.

Moreover, Muscat Declarations urges states, ICAO, international and regional organizations, industry and other stakeholders to strengthen efforts in addressing new and existing threats to international civil aviation.

It advocates for States to ratify the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation and the Protocol Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (Beijing 2010), as a means to deter and respond to attacks against civil aviation.

The declaration calls for ensuring effective coordination of aviation safety, security, and cybersecurity to benefit from shared knowledge and strengthened efforts.

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