The Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) is a
regional international organisation overseeing Safety
Oversight in the Pacific Islands using guidelines provided by the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). PASO was created on 11 June 2005, as a result of the Pacific Islands Civil Aviation Safety and Security
Treaty (PICASST) and is managed by a permanent staff based in Port
Vila, Vanuatu.
States which are currently Parties to the PICASST
are: The Cook
Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Nauru, Papua New
Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Countries which are also members of PASO, but not
Parties to the PICASST are: Australia, Fiji,
and New Zealand.
Associate member organisatiations of PASO are: The Asian Development Bank, Association
of South Pacific Airlines, USA Federal Aviation Agency, and the Pacific Islands Forum
Secretariat.
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