ICAO 9955 PDF

INTRODUCTION

Article 61 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation requires that "The Council submit to the Assembly annual budgets, annual statements of accounts and estimates of all receipts and expenditures". The Council hereby submits it's Budget for the financial years 2011, 2012, and 2013.

ICAO has a continuing mandate arising from the Convention, its Annexes and Assembly Resolutions to ensure the safe, secure and environmentally sound development of international aviation. In addition it faces ever changing challenges which reflect global political, economic and technological changes over which the Organization has little direct influence: it must therefore be sufficiently agile to react to events in a way which satisfies the expectations and aspirations of the Member States.

In order to provide a sharper vision for the activity of the Organization, the Council has redefined the Strategic Objectives: 1) Safety; 2) Security; and 3) Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development of Air Transport. These provide the overarching framework for the definition of Programmes and Projects in order to ensure that the Organization remains focussed and is able to deliver clear and effective results to the States. The Organization must also have a rationally organized, efficient and well managed staff to provide all the functions necessary for the smooth running of an international organization. Last, and not least, it is essential that the Council, as governing body, and the Secretariat work together efficiently and effectively. This budget has been developed to address all three of these elements and to establish a sound foundation for the advancement of ICAOs objectives over the next three years.