The aviation organization is the United Nations agency charged with regulating international civil aviation.

"Extras" - such as support of aviation organizations and programs - were cut out of many companies' budgets.

Bob Buckhorn, an agency spokesman, said it was "not unusual for an administrator to be a member of a professional aviation organization.

There are several general aviation organisations operating from the airport.

He later managed the largest civil aviation organization in the Middle East.

The 33-nation council took the action Wednesday after two days of deliberation at the aviation organization's headquarters in Montreal.

Sentani is also the main base for at least four missionary aviation organizations.

The symposium consists of classes, displays, and a venue for other aviation organizations to meet.

For 17 years national aviation organizations and consumer groups have failed to get action.

So far, the agency has resisted these pressures, choosing instead to seek tougher international standards set by the international aviation organization.