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Kananaskis summit - 2002
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Cooperative G8 action on transport security |
The terrorist attacks on
September 11, 2001
illustrated the critical yet
fragile nature of the international transport system. For the global economy to
flourish, this system must continue to provide safe, secure, efficient and
reliable services to travellers and customers in all parts of the world.
We have therefore agreed on a set
of cooperative actions to promote greater security of land, sea and air
transport while facilitating the cost-effective and efficient flow of people,
cargo, and vehicles for legitimate economic and social purposes. The G8 will:
People
Implement as expeditiously as
possible a common global standard based on UN EDIFACT for the collection and
transmission of advance passenger information
(API).
Work towards granting reciprocal
bilateral access, on a voluntary basis, to departure and transit lounges,
including timely implementation of a pilot project.
Work towards agreement by October
2002 on minimum standards for issuance of travel and identity documents for
adoption at ICAO, and by June 2003 on minimum standards for issuance of
seafarers' identity documents for adoption at the
ILO.
Work towards developing
recommendations on minimum standards for the application of biometrics in
procedures and documents by the spring of 2003, with a view to forwarding them
to standards organizations.
Improve procedures and practices
for sharing data on lost or stolen passports and denied entries, with a
practical exercise by September 2002.
Container Security
Recognizing the urgency of
securing global trade, work expeditiously, in cooperation with relevant
international organizations, to develop and implement an improved global
container security regime to identify and examine high-risk containers and
ensure their in-transit integrity.
Develop, in collaboration with
interested non-G8 countries, pilot projects that model an integrated container
security regime.
Implement expeditiously, by 2005
wherever possible, common standards for electronic customs reporting, and work
in the WCO to encourage the implementation of the same common standards by
non-G8 countries.
Begin work expeditiously within
the G8 and the WCO to require advance electronic information pertaining to
containers, including their location and transit, as early as possible in the
trade chain.
Aviation Security
Accelerate implementation of
standards for reinforced flight deck doors for all G8 passenger aircraft, by
April 2003 wherever possible.
Support in ICAO the rapid
implementation of mandatory aviation security audits of all ICAO contracting
states.
Enhance cooperation, in a spirit
of capacity-building assistance, on aviation security with other countries. The
G8 will also share their information and assessments about security
vulnerabilities.
Encourage non-G8 countries to
make, as we have done, proportionate contributions to the ICAO AVSEC mechanism,
and encourage MDBs to consider requests to assist developing countries in this
area.
Maritime
Security
Support, in the IMO, amendment of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to accelerate
the date of the installation of automatic identification systems (AIS) on
certain ships to December 2004.*
Support, in the IMO, amendment of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to require
mandatory ship security plans and ship security officers on board ships by July
2004.
Support, in the IMO, amendment of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to require
mandatory port facility security plans and port facility security assessments
for relevant ports serving ships engaged on international voyages by July
2004.*
Land Transportation
Develop, in the UN and other
relevant international organizations, an effective and proportionate security
regime for the overland transportation and distribution of hazardous cargoes
which present potentially significant security risks, with initial consultations
this year.
Implementation
In order to ensure timely
implementation of this initiative, we will review progress every six months,
providing direction as required to G8 experts. G8 experts will pursue these
priorities and will promote policy coherence and coordination in all relevant
international organizations (ICAO, IMO, WCO, ILO), in partnership with
industry.
* The Government of the
Russian Federation
supports the proposal concerning installation
of AIS on certain ships by December 2004, as well as the proposal concerning
availability of port facility security plans and port facility security
assessments for relevant ports serving ships engaged on international voyages by
July 2004. However, on grounds of technical feasibility of these proposals, the
Russian Federation
reserves for itself the right to extend the
timeframe of their implementation by the year 2006.
