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A short film calling for Taiwan to join the International Civil Aviation Organization was released Sept. 17 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (MOFA)
 

A short film spotlighting Taiwan’s key role in global aviation transport and logistics as a bid for inclusion in the International Civil Aviation Organization was released Sept. 17 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Available on the MOFA’s official Facebook and Instagram pages as well as its Trending Taiwan Facebook and YouTube channel, “Reconnection” is subtitled in Chinese, English, Arabic, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

The video follows the country’s dedicated aviation logistics industry with ground crew, flight attendants and air traffic controllers at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TTIA). It shows the outstanding performance Taiwan has achieved in airport facilities, carbon emission reduction and compact cold chain logistics, using flower and vaccine delivery as examples of the scope of such services.

The short film shows how the high standards of Taiwan’s flight safety and cargo security checks comply with those set by ICAO, evidenced by ICAO’s goal of 100 percent cargo security checks being met by TTIA in 2021. The airport also received worldwide recognition by being ranked the world’s fourth busiest international air cargo hub by Montreal-based Airports Council International in 2020.

The MOFA said the video demonstrates Taiwan’s continuous work in global aviation security and stresses the importance of including the country in ICAO as an indispensable partner. The slogan “Reconnecting the World—Reconnecting Taiwan and ICAO” conveys the message that Taiwan and ICAO should reconnect just as the world has done after the pandemic and calls for the international community to support the country’s bid to join the international organization, it added.

In September 2013, Shen Chi, then director-general of the Civil Aeronautics Administration under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, led a nine-member delegation to the triennial ICAO assembly, the first time that representatives from Taiwan had attended the gathering in 42 years. The organization’s next meeting is from Sept. 27 to Oct. 7 in Montreal. (YCH-E)

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