EC 12/1.15(a) – 176
16 June 2004
EC 12/5.6
Subject:
Report of
the AFCAC 17th
Plenary Session
Dear Mr.
Eggerschwiler,
Further to our
recent telephone
conversation, please
find enclosed
herewith copies of
the front page of
the above-mentioned
report as well as
relevant paragraphs
dealing with the
presentation made by
Namibia on the Joint
African Civil
Aviation Authority
(AFRO-CAA).
Best regards.
Mr. Harry
Eggerschwiler
African Civil
Aviation Authority
P.O Box 96481
Windhoek – Namibia
Fax:
264 61 20 88
495
Attachments:-
AFCAC
SEVENTTEENTH MEETING
SESSION
(Johannesburg, South
Africa, 10-14 May
2004)
OPENING OF THE
SESSION
1.
The
Seventeenth Plenary
Session of the
African Civil
Aviation Commission
(AFCAC)
was officially
opened by the
Director General of
the South African
Department
of Transport, Ms
Wrenelle Stander in
the presence of Air
Vice
Marshall
M Ashmet, President
of the African Civil
Aviation Commission,
Dr Assad Kotaite,
President of the
Council of the
International Civil
Aviation
Organization,
and Jeff Thamsang
Radebe, Minister of
Transport of the
Republic of South
Africa.
2.
The opening
session was also
addressed by the
above-mentioned
dignitaries.
Their
addresses are
reproduced in
(Appendix 1).
AGENDA
3
The meeting adopted
the Agenda submitted
to it in WP/1
(Appendix
PARTICIPATION
4.
The Plenary Session
was attended by
delegates from the
following 32
AFCAC
member
States:
Algeria
Malawi
Angola
Mauritius
Benin
Mozambique
Botswana
Namibia
Cameroon
Niger
Central African
Republic
Nigeria
Cote d’Ivoire
Rwanda
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Senegal
Egypt
South
Africa
Ethiopia
Sudan
Gabon
Swaziland
Ghana
Tanzania
Kenya
Togo
Lesotho
Tunisia
Liberia
Uganda
Libya
Zambia
5.
The meeting was also
attended by
observers from one
African non-member
State, 9 non-African
States, and 12
International
organizations as
follow:-
African
Airlines
Association
(AFRAA)
Agency for
the Safety
or Air
navigation
in Africa
and
Madagascar
(ASECNA) Air
Transport
Action Group
(ATAG)
African
Union (AU)
Common
Market for
Eastern and
Southern
Africa
(COMESA)
Economic
Commission
for Africa
(ECA)
European
Commission
(EU)
International
Air
Transport
Association
(IATA)
International
Federation
for Airline
Pilots
Associations
(IFALPA)
International
Federation
for Air
Traffic
Association
(IFATCA)
International
Civil
Aviation
Organization
(ICAO)
Southern
African
Development
Community
(SADC)
105.The
delegation
of Namibia
made a
presentation
to the
meeting on a
proposed
Joint
African
Civil
Aviation
Authority
(AFRO-CAA).
Drawing the
attention of
the meeting
to the
alarming
rate of
accidents,
hull losses
and
fatalities
in the
African
Continent
when
compared to
statistics
of other
areas
of
the
world,
the
Namibian
delegation
pointed
out
that
an
AFRO-CAA
would
achieve
reduction of
costs and
establish a
framework to
resolve
safety
issues in
Africa
whilst
establishing
a harmonized
and uniform
aviation
legislative
system.
The
AFCAC
Secretariat
pointed out
that such a
proposal had
been
submitted
earlier by
the Minister
of Aviation
of Namibia
to the AFCAC
Secretariat
and that the
proposal had
been
forwarded
for
consideration
to the
Technical
Committee of
the AFCAC
Bureau.
The
Technical
Committee
had examined
the proposal
in 2002 and
recommended
that it be
considered
within a
sub-regional
framework.
106.Most
States
were
of
the
view
that
the
AFRO-CAA
was
a
viable
project…….The
meeting
requested
Namibia
to
forward
all
material
pertaining
to
the
project
including
a
project
plan
and
any
new
material
as
they
were
developed
to
the
AFCAC
Bureau
for
further
study.
