wigstheone
Feb 20, 02, 7:43 pm
MONTREAL (AP)--A bloc of nations including Saudi Arabia, China and India called Wednesday for a halt to racial profiling at airports as part of enhanced security measures after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"Such unacceptable practices...only succeed in causing insult and injury to individuals discriminated upon, creating rancor, and being totally inconsistent with the fundamental principles of civil aviation," said a paper from 17 countries presented to an international conference on aviation security.
The conference of the International Civil Aviation Organization - a 187-nation U.N. body - was expected to endorse an action plan later Wednesday that would include mandatory audits of aviation security in member countries and other measures to combat terrorism in civil aviation.
A draft of the final declaration includes a paragraph in which members declare a commitment to implement security measures "in a manner which is objective and non-prejudicial."
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,4286,DI_CO_20020220_008767,00.html?mod=air
"Such unacceptable practices...only succeed in causing insult and injury to individuals discriminated upon, creating rancor, and being totally inconsistent with the fundamental principles of civil aviation," said a paper from 17 countries presented to an international conference on aviation security.
The conference of the International Civil Aviation Organization - a 187-nation U.N. body - was expected to endorse an action plan later Wednesday that would include mandatory audits of aviation security in member countries and other measures to combat terrorism in civil aviation.
A draft of the final declaration includes a paragraph in which members declare a commitment to implement security measures "in a manner which is objective and non-prejudicial."
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,4286,DI_CO_20020220_008767,00.html?mod=air