By: Ambassador Edward Ling-wen Tao Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to St. Kitts and Nevis
From September 23 to October 3, 2025, the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO) will host its forty second Meeting in Montreal underneath the theme “Secure Skies, Sustainable Future.” But one key participant stays excluded: Taiwan. Regardless of overseeing one among East Asia’s busiest airspaces, Taiwan’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) is barred from ICAO’s conferences and data-sharing platforms—undermining each regional security and ICAO’s dedication to world cooperation.
Taipei FIR: A Strategic Aviation Hub
The Taipei Flight Data Area (FIR) connects Northeast and Southeast Asia and handles over 1.6 million flights yearly. Taiwan’s CAA ensures secure and environment friendly operations throughout this important hall, supporting world commerce and tourism. Its exclusion from ICAO limits coordination and jeopardizes security in a area the place visitors is dense and dangers are transnational.
Taiwan’s 17 airports served 64 million passengers in 2024, with Taoyuan Worldwide Airport rating among the many high globally. Its aviation sector is deeply built-in with worldwide networks, making its insights very important for shaping world requirements.
China’s unilateral actions—equivalent to declaring hazard zones and activating new air routes with out ICAO-required discover—have disrupted operations and endangered passengers. The 2022 missile workouts round Taiwan pressured mass flight rerouting, highlighting the necessity for ICAO-facilitated dialogue and danger mitigation.
Local weather Challenges and Aviation Progress Demand Collaboration
Rising turbulence linked to local weather change has impacted flights worldwide. The CAA responded with enhanced coaching and planning protocols, however with out entry to ICAO’s Safe Portal and real-time information, Taiwan’s potential to adapt is constrained.
Taiwan’s aviation security document is exemplary, with zero accidents per million departures from 2020 to 2024. EVA Air ranks among the many world’s most secure airways. Taiwan additionally helps ICAO’s inexperienced targets, implementing CORSIA and launching a sustainable aviation gas pilot program.
ICAO’s “No Nation Left Behind” initiative requires common participation. Granting Taiwan entry to ICAO’s platforms would enhance information sharing, coordination, and compliance with world requirements—particularly in high-density airspace.
A Name for Sensible Inclusion
Aviation security transcends borders—and so ought to cooperation. Taiwan has lengthy upheld ICAO requirements, regardless of being excluded from its processes. Its aviation professionals constantly show a deep dedication to security, effectivity, and sustainability.
As ICAO opens its forty second Meeting, it has a chance to align precept with apply. Granting Taiwan participation—within the Meeting, technical our bodies, and information platforms—would improve world oversight and advance ICAO’s imaginative and prescient of an inclusive, sustainable aviation system.
The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has lengthy supported Taiwan’s efforts to have interaction meaningfully with ICAO. The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) deeply appreciates this continued assist and appears ahead to collaborating with the Federation throughout the forty second ICAO Meeting.
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