Qatar
wants to host world aviation group
AFP -
Qatar is proposing moving the International Civil Aviation Organization from its
longtime base in Montreal to Doha, the ICAO said Wednesday.
The UN agency's 191 members are scheduled to consider the move at its next assembly in September. ICAO spokesman Anthony Philbin said it would require the support of at least 60 percent of conference delegates to be approved.
Montreal has been the ICAO's home since it was created in 1944, but Qatar is offering to build spectacular new offices to house the UN agency, according to documents cited by Canadian media.
Furthermore, Qatar says, Montreal is cold and too far from European and Asian aviation hubs. To sweeten the deal, Doha said it would also offer to void income taxes for ICAO staff living in the country, if the agency moved there.
Ottawa told AFP it will fight the bid to move the ICAO.
The UN agency's 191 members are scheduled to consider the move at its next assembly in September. ICAO spokesman Anthony Philbin said it would require the support of at least 60 percent of conference delegates to be approved.
Montreal has been the ICAO's home since it was created in 1944, but Qatar is offering to build spectacular new offices to house the UN agency, according to documents cited by Canadian media.
Furthermore, Qatar says, Montreal is cold and too far from European and Asian aviation hubs. To sweeten the deal, Doha said it would also offer to void income taxes for ICAO staff living in the country, if the agency moved there.
Ottawa told AFP it will fight the bid to move the ICAO.
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