Thu, Sep 30, 2010
Addresses ICAO Triennial Meeting
In remarks during the ICAO Triennial Assembly currently
underway in Montreal, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano urged
representatives from nearly 190 ICAO countries to approve an
unprecedented joint Declaration on Aviation Security. She based her
remarks on the joint declarations which have been negotiated at the
regional aviation security summits the Secretary has attended in
Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Western Hemisphere
over the past nine months.
“The United States applauds the ICAO’s unprecedented
focus on enhancing international aviation security,” said
Secretary Napolitano. “Working together, the international
community is forging a historic new foundation for aviation
security that will better protect the entire global aviation system
from evolving terrorist threats.”
In Montreal, Secretary Napolitano met with her counterparts from
around the world to discuss the path forward on key aviation
measures under consideration to strengthen the global aviation
system—including the unprecedented joint Declaration on
Aviation Security—which reflects the historic campaign,
launched following the attempted terrorist attack on December 25,
2009, to bolster worldwide aviation security standards. She also
underscored the United States’ support of the ICAO
Comprehensive Aviation Security Strategy—a robust,
comprehensive security framework that will establish a strong
global aviation security strategy in the years ahead.
Secretary Napolitano
Since the attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Flight 253
from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas day last year, Secretary
Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security say they have
taken concrete steps to bolster security at airports across the
United States—deploying law enforcement personnel, behavior
detection officers, air marshals, and explosives detection canine
teams; expediting the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology
(AIT) units to help detect metallic and non-metallic explosives;
and implementing new, enhanced security measures for all air
carriers with international flights to the United States.
DHS also fulfilled a key 9/11 Commission recommendation in June
2010 by implementing Secure Flight for 100 percent of passengers
flying domestically and internationally on U.S. airlines, meaning
that the Transportation Security Administration, not the air
carriers, vets passengers against government watchlists before a
boarding pass is issued.
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