Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organisation
Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organisation | |
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Incumbent Kerryn Macaulay since November 2010 | |
Style | Her Excellency |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Arthur Rowland McComb |
Formation | 6 June 1945 |
Website | Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
The Permanent Representative of Australia to the International Civil Aviation Organisation is an officer of the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is but one of Australia's representatives to the United Nations and its other constituent agencies. The Australian nominee to the Air Navigation Commission, a body that works towards the uniformity in regulations, standards and procedures which will facilitate and improve air navigation to international standards, acts as the deputy to the Permanent Representative.
The Permanent Delegate is currently Kerryn Macaulay (since November 2010), a former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.[1] Australia has been a member of ICAO since its establishment, with the permanent mission based in Montreal, now at 999 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard. Australia sent a delegation to the 1944 Chicago Conference, and became a party of the Convention on International Civil Aviation which was resolved at its end on 7 December 1944. Australian first sent a permanent representative to serve on the Council of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) which began operating on 6 June 1945 and was replaced by ICAO on 7 April 1947.[2]
Permanent Representatives
Name | Start of term | End of term | References |
A. R. McComb (Council Member) | 1945 | 1947 | [3] |
Dr Bill Bradfield | 1947 | 1952 | [3] |
Jim Stone | 1952 | 1956 | [3] |
David Medley | 1958 | 1962 | [3] |
Jim Stone | 1965 | 1968 | [3] |
Dr Bill Bradfield | 1968 | 1972 | [3] |
Byron Lewis | 1972 | 1975 | [3] |
Reg Gross | 1975 | 1981 | [3] |
George Birch | 1981 | 1984 | [3] |
Jack Sansom | 1984 | 1988 | [3] |
Bruce Weedon | |||
Jim Webber | |||
Simon Clegg | 2003 | 2008 | [4] |
Peter Evans | 2008 | 2010 | [5] |
Kerryn Macaulay | November 2010 | present | [1] |
See also
References
- 1 2 "Ms KERRYN MACAULAY - Australian Representative on the Council of ICAO" (PDF). ICAO.int. International Civil Aviation Organisation. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ↑ "CA 3472 - Australian Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation". Agency Detail. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Meyer, Roger; Huggins, Vicki. "Australia's Contribution to ICAO". The Airways Museum. The Airways Museum and Civil Aviation Historical Society. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ↑ "Mr. SIMON CLEGG BEc; BCom; LLB; GDLP; Dip Lang (Spanish); Barrister & Solicitor (New Zealand & Australia)". School of Management and Public Administration. University of the South Pacific. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ↑ "Mr. Peter Evans - Representative of Australia on the Council of ICAO Australia" (PDF). icao.int. International Civil Aviation Organisation. Retrieved 6 April 2016.