CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Shefali Juneja has been elected as the chairperson of the United Nations’ specialized aviation agency’s Air Transport Committee (ATC).

Detailed explanation-2: -India is one of the ICAO’s founder members, having attended the Chicago Conference in 1944, and has since been a member of the council of the ICAO, including the Provisional ICAO between 1944 and 1947. India has maintained a permanent delegation at the headquarters of ICAO in Montreal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States. Argentina*, Austria, Egypt*, Iceland, India*, Mexico*, Nigeria*, Saudi Arabia*, Singapore*, South Africa*, Spain*, and Venezuela.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 28 November 2022, the ICAO Council decided by means of acclamation to re-appoint Mr. Padhraic Kelleher as President of the Air Navigation Commission (ANC) for a second one-year term, commencing on 1 January 2023. Mr.

Detailed explanation-5: -W. Brent Christensen assumed his current position as Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in August 2022. Before this assignment, he served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS).