Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Applicable to Air Transport: United Nations Resolutions and the Chicago Convention

摘要

On 20 April 2020, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/74/270 which inter alia, calls for intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and defeat the pandemic, including by exchanging information, scientific knowledge, and best practices and by applying the relevant guidelines recom-mended by the World Health Organization. The Resolution renews its commitment to help people and societies in special situations, especially the weakest and most vulnerable, and recognizes that many Governments have offered their assistance and support to others in a spirit of solidarity and mutual support. While reaffirming its full commitment to the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development, and in this regard underlines the need for the United Nations system to work as one to support all Governments, the United Nations expressed optimism that the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic can be mitigated and successfully reversed through leadership and sustained global cooperation and solidarity. Finally the Resolution calls upon the United Nations system, under the leadership of the Secretary-General, to work with all relevant actors in order to mobilize a coordinated global response to the pandemic and its adverse social, economic and financial impact on all societies.