ICAO awards EX-YU regulators

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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has awarded 28 countries for significant progress in resolving safety oversight and security deficiencies, and in improving the effective implementation of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices as identified through related ICAO audit programmes. Based on their achievements in 2018, ICAO Council awarded Montenegro and Serbia among fourteen other countries for their safety progress. On the other hand, Croatia was awarded among sixteen other states for aviation security. “These awards, established by the ICAO Council in support of our ongoing ‘No Country Left Behind’ initiative, have been developed in order to more publicly acknowledge and encourage states’ commitment and progress in making our global network even safer and more secure than it is today”, Council President, Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, said. The effective implementation of ICAO’s global Standards and Recommended Practices is considered fundamental for the air transport sector.