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APPOINTMENT OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA ON COUNCIL OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION
September 27, 2001 (9:25 a.m. EDT) No. 135
APPOINTMENT OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA ON
COUNCIL OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION
John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and David Collenette, Minister of Transport, today
announced the appointment of Lionel Alain Dupuis as the Permanent Representative of Canada
on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), replacing Ghislaine
Richard.
The ICAO was established in 1947 to promote international co-operation in civil aviation,
including the development of legal instruments and technical standards to ensure the safe and
orderly growth of air transportation throughout the world. One of the specialized agencies of the
United Nations, the Organization has its headquarters in Montreal. A total of 187 countries are
ICAO members.
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A biographical note on Mr. Dupuis is attached.
For further information, media representatives may contact:
Sanjeev Chowdhury
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
Anthony Polci
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Transport
(613) 991-0700
This document is also available on the Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade's Internet site: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Lionel Alain Dupuis was Counsellor and Alternate Representative at the Permanent
Mission of Canada to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C.,
from 1994 to 1998. He was elected a Judge of the OAS Tribunal, a position he will hold
until 2005. In 1998 he returned to Ottawa to become foreign affairs advisor to the
Secretariat of Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office. Since July 2000,
Mr. Dupuis has been Deputy Chief of Protocol and Director of Services to the Diplomatic
Corps in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Born in Montreal, Mr. Dupuis is a graduate in constitutional and in air and space law
from the Université de Montréal and McGill University. He has published several articles
on air and space law.
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