Cospas-Sarsat: State of Qatar as Ground Segment Provider
STATE OF QATAR AS GROUND SEGMENT PROVIDER
The Cospas-Sarsat membership of the State of Qatar as the 44th Cospas-Sarsat Participant entered into force on 12 November 2017 (Montreal, Canada).
On photo made at the ICAO Headquarters (Montreal, Canada, October 2017) from left to right: First Lt Khamis Hashim Al-Jabor (Ministry of Defense, Qatar), Second Lt Essa Rashid AlSulaiti (Ministry of Defense, Qatar), Dr Vladislav Studenov (Advisor, Ministry of Defense, Qatar), Staff Brigadier (Air) Mohammed Hamad Al Shahwani (Representative to the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme, DJRCC Chairman, Ministry of Defence, Qatar), Ms Cheryl Bertoia (Deputy Head, Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat), Mr Benoît Verhaegen (Acting Director External Relations and Legal Bureau, ICAO), Mr Essa Abdulla Al-Malki (Permanent Representative to ICAO, Qatar), Mr Mathieu Vangeois (Legal Assistant, ICAO).