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On  October 25, 2013 the Committee Phase of the 200th Session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council ended. It was the first meeting of the new Council which includes 36 countries selected during the 38th Session of the ICAO Assembly. It was historically the first meeting of the Council, in the meetings of which Poland will participate during the years 2013-2016. The Council meeting was attended by Mr. Piotr Ołowski - President of the Civil Aviation Authority and Ms. Małgorzata Polkowska - Permanent Representative of the ICAO Council. During the 10 days of the Session a series of meetings of the Committees of the Council was held. The Polish representative has been appointed a member of the Air Transport Committee, the Technical Co-operation Committee and the Committee on Edward Warner Award. The Polish Delegation also met with representatives of the other countries which are members of the Council.

On October 23, 2013 a meeting of the Air Transport Committee was held during the 200th Session of the ICAO Council. The Air Transport Committee meetings are attended by representatives from all 36 Member States which are in the ICAO Council. The meeting was attended by the Polish delegation - Mr Piotr Ołowski, President of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Poland and Ms Małgorzata Polkowska, Ph.D. - the Permanent Representative in the ICAO Council.

During the ongoing 200th Session of the ICAO Council, which for the first time is participated by the Polish Permanent Representative, a series of meetings with members of the Council took place. The participants raised topics related among others to the unresolved Significant Safety Concerns (SSCs) and the planned start of their publication on the website of ICAO from January 2014. Moreover, the need to work on the regulation on air operations and safety of commercial passenger suborbital flights which will start in the near future was signaled. It was noted that such flights will be subject to the regulations of the air law and space law. Ms. Małgorzata Polkowska – the Polish Permanent Representative on the ICAO Council took the floor on that matter and confirmed the need to involve ICAO in the works on space law regulations.On October 22 the meeting of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country ( RHCC ) and the Committee on Human Resources (CHR) took place.

During the ongoing 200th Session of the ICAO Council in Montreal on 21st October 2013 a meeting of the Technical Co-operation Committee took place. Ms. Małgorzata Polkowska – the Permanent Representative of Poland to the Council took part in those meetings. At the TCC meeting the participants have considered a number of documents, including documents relating to the establishment of the Management Plan for the Technical Co-operation Programme, which will include goals, objectives, timelines and financial requirements for the Programme. The participants also have considered the Work Programme of the Technical Co-operation Committee for the 201st Session of the Council, which will be held from 13 to 31 January 2014.

On October 15, 2013 in Montreal began the ICAO Council meeting. This is the first meeting of the new Council which includes 36 countries selected during the 38th Session of the ICAO Assembly. It is historically the first meeting of the Council, in the meetings of which Poland will participate during the years 2013-2016. The Polish delegation - Mr. Piotr Ołowski, President of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Poland and Ms. Małgorzata Polkowska - the Polish Permanent Representative on the ICAO Council are present at the meeting.

Currently, environmental issues in aviation are a key factor in the direction of the development of the aviation sector. National and foreign aviation experts observe a systematic increase in the importance of environmental issues understood both as individual elements of care for the environment and concern for the conversion of aircraft and air transport modes to make them compatible with a model of sustainable development.

The 38th  Session of International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly took place from September 24, 2013 to October 4, 2013 in Montreal Canada.

On October 1, President of the Civil Aviation Authority Mr. Piotr Ołowski became the Chairman of the Central European Rotation Group (CERG). Thus, Poland has assumed the leadership of the group for the next three years. During the ongoing 38th session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly the CERG office was officially transferred to the Polish delegation. The CERG countries representatives officially welcomed the new Chairman of CERG and congratulated on winning the elections.

President of the Civil Aviation Authority, Mr. Piotr Ołowski presented the model of Flaris LAR 1 airplane constructed in Poland to ICAO Secretary General - Mr. Raymond Benjamin during the lunch organized by Poland at the ongoing session of the 38th ICAO Assembly. After the great interest of the guests and the positive reception of the aircraft, the President of CAA sent a letter to the ICAO Secretary General on the possibility of permanent presentation of the aircraft model at ICAO headquarters in order to promote the Polish aviation sector. Thus, the model aircraft would be re-presented by the Polish delegation at the opening of the first session of the new ICAO Council on 15 October.

Today, for the first time in history, Poland was elected to the ICAO Council – the governing body of the most important aviation organization in the world - International Civil Aviation Organization. Thus, our country is a part of a small group of 36 of the 191 Member States, which will govern the work of ICAO for the next three years. It is a great Polish success which indicates the appreciation throughout the world of Polish contribution to civil aviation. The election in the third group, in which Poland won, took place on October 1, 2013 during the 38th Session of the ICAO Assembly in Montreal.