He questioned whether the Security Council is the most appropriate forum to discuss the matter and suggested that the report be submitted to a more competent organ for the purpose - the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHCR).Ĭhina’s representative, in a similar vein, questioned whether it is appropriate that a small number of Council members convened today’s debate to discuss the incident. The report of the fact-finding investigation team should be seen as a call to all States to avoid such practices in the future, he stressed.
Sapega, as well as political prisoners held in Belarus, affirming France’s support for the Belarusian people in their democratic aspirations.īrazil’s representative voiced concern about indications of Belarus’ violations of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation. He welcomed the courage of Belarusian citizens against the Lukashenko regime and called on that regime to drop any investigations and prosecutions of Mr. Speakers also drew attention to the Government’s repression of civil society and human rights violations, noting that the purpose of the dangerous operation was to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protasevich and his companion, Sofia Sapega.įrance’s representative stressed that Belarus’ irresponsible act is “nothing less than an act of air piracy” and is one of numerous examples of the Belarusian regime’s brutal repression of those who oppose it. In the ensuing debate, Council members also condemned Belarus’ violation of international aviation law, while others warned that the serious precedent set by that action undermined the fundamental trust between pilots and air traffic controllers and jeopardizes the integrity of international civil aviation. The ICAO Assembly, during its forty-first session, held from 27 September to 7 October, adopted Resolution A411, condemning the actions of the Government of Belarus. Noting the support and cooperation of many States connected to the event, he said the investigation established that Belarus’ actions amounted to the use of civil aviation for a purpose inconsistent with the aims of the Chicago Convention and in contravention of its article 4 on the misuse of civil aviation. On 27 May 2021, the ICAO Council decided to undertake a fact-finding investigation under the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention). He recounted that on 23 May 2021, the flight traveling from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania, was diverted over Belarus airspace and landed at Minsk Airport, following information provided by the Belarusian air traffic controller of a bomb threat onboard the aircraft.
The Government of Belarus’ deliberate diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978 under the false pretext of a bomb threat is an act of unlawful interference that deliberately endangered the safety and security of the flight and the lives of those on board, Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), told the Security Council today, citing the report of the agency and the work of its fact-finding investigation team.
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