Napolitano Urges Enhanced Air Cargo Practices, ICAO Airport Audit Program
In remarks during the Sept. 12 opening of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) High-Level Conference on Aviation Security in Montreal, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano urged members of ICAO to approve the enhanced international Standards and Recommended Practices for air cargo and mail security; support the evolution of ICAO’s airport audit program; adopt baseline standards for global border and transportation security; and develop standards for next-generation travel documents. Accompanying Napolitano during the event were Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole, and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin.
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Napolitano, Pistole, and Bersin also met with U.S. Ambassador to ICAO Duane Woerth, Canadian Minister of Transport Denis Lebel, Secretary General of ICAO Raymond Benjamin, and representatives from various delegations to reaffirm their commitment to working together to achieve shared security goals. “ICAO has been critical to bringing countries around the world together in a coordinated effort to improve aviation security,” said Napolitano. “Working together, the international community has forged a new foundation for aviation security, making air travel safer and more secure than ever before.”