Convention on International Civil Aviation
| Coming into Force | 04 April 1947 |
| Subject Terms | Charters-Constitutions-Statutes,Transport,Civil matters,International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),Aviation |
| Date of Conclusion | 07 December 1944 |
| Registration Number | 102 |
| Citation | UNTS v. 15 (p.295) |
| Registration Date | 19 April 1948 |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | United States of America |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Government of the United States of America |
| Participants | Afganistán,Argelia,Argentina,Australia,Austria,Bahrein,Barbados,Bélgica,Bolivia,Brasil,Bulgaria,BURMA,Burundi,Camboya,Camerún,Canada,Central African Republic,Ceylon,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Congo (Brazzaville),Congo (Leopoldville),Costa Rica,Cuba,Cyprus,Czechoslovakia,Dahomey,Dinamarca,República Dominicana,Ecuador,Egipto,El Salvador,Equatorial Guinea,Ethiopia,Federal Republic of Germany,Federation of Malaya,Finlandia,France,Ghana,Greece,Guatemala,Guinea,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Hungria,Islandia,India,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italia,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Japón,Kenya,Korea,Kuwait,Laos,Lebanon,Liberia,Libya,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Mali,Malta,Marshall Islands,Mauritania,Mauritius,México,Micronesia,Morocco,Nepal,Holanda,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,Noruega,Pakistán,Panamá,Paraguay,Perú,Philippines,Polonia,Portugal,Qatar,Republic of China,Rumania,Rwanda,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Siam,Sierra Leone,Singapore,Somalia,Southern Yemen,España,Sudan,Suecia,Suiza,Syria,Tanganyika,Togo,Transjordan,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turquia,Uganda,Union of South Africa,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Upper Volta,Uruguay,Venezuela,Viet Nam,Yemen Arab Republic,Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of),Zambia |
No.
102
AFGHANISTAN,
AUSTRALIA,
BELGIUM,
BOLIVIA,
BRAZIL,
etc.
Convention
on
International
Civil
Aviation.
Signed
at
Chi
cago,
on
7
December
1944
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.English
official
text
1
communicated
by
the
Permanent
Representative
of
the
United
States
of
America
at
the
seat
of the
United
Nations.
The
filing
and
recording
took
place
on
19
April
1948.
AFGHANISTAN,
AUSTRALIE,
BELGIQUE,
BOLIVIE,
BRESIL,
etc.
Convention
relative
à
l'Aviation
civile
internationale.
Signée
à
Chicago,
le
7
décembre
1944
Texte
officiel
anglais
1
communiqué
par
le
représentant
permanent
des
Etats-Unis
d'Amérique
au
siège
de
l'Organisation
des
Nations
Unies.
Le
classement
et
l'inscription
au
répertoire
ont
eu
lieu
le
19
avril
1948.
1
See
explanatory
note
(*),
page
362,
con-
1
Voir
note
explicative
(
1
),
page
363,
con
cerning
the
official
languages
of
the
Con-
cernant
les
langues
officielles
de
la
Conven-
vention.
tion.
296
United
Nations
—
Treaty
Series
1948
No.
102.
CONVENTION
1
ON
INTERNATIONAL
CIVIL
AVI
ATION.
SIGNED
AT
CHICAGO,
ON
7
DECEMBER
1944
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS
the
future
development
of
international
civil
aviation
can
greatly
help
to
create
and
preserve
friendship
and
understanding
among
the
nations
and
peoples
of
the
world,
yet
its
abuse
can
become
a
threat
to
the
general
security;
and
WHEREAS
it
is
desirable
to
avoid
friction
and
to
promote
that
cooperation
between
nations
and
peoples
upon
which
the
peace
of
the
world
depends;
THEREFORE,
the
undersigned
governments
having
agreed
on
certain
prin
ciples
and
arrangements
in
order
that
international
civil
aviation
may
be
developed
in
a
safe
and
orderly
manner
and
that
international air
transport
services
may
be
established
on
the
basis
of
equality
of
opportunity
and
operated
soundly
and
economically;
Have
accordingly
concluded
this
Convention
to
that
end.
PART
I.
AIR
NAVIGATION
CHAPTER
I
GENERAL
PRINCIPLES
AND
APPLICATION
OF
THE
CONVENTION
Article
1
Sovereignty
The
contracting
States
recognize
that
every
State
has
complete
and
exclusive
sovereignty
over
the
airspace
above
its
territory.
*
Came
into
force on
4
April
1947,
the
thirtieth
day
after
deposit
with
the
Government
of
the
United
States
of
America
of
the
twenty-sixth
instrument
of
ratification
thereof
or
notification
of
adherence
thereto,
in
accordance
with
article
91
(b).
For
the
list
of
State»
Parties
to
the
Convention,
see
page
372.
298_________
United
Nations
—Treaty
Series
______
1948
Article
2
Territory
For
the
purposes
of
this
Convention
the
territory
of
a
State
shall
be
deemed
to
be
the
land
areas
and
territorial
waters
adjacent
thereto
under
the
sovereignty,
suzerainty,
protection
or
mandate
of
such
State.
Article
3
Civil
and
state
aircraft
(a)
This
Convention
shall
be
applicable
only
to
civil
aircraft,
and
shall
not
be
applicable to
state
aircraft.
(6)
Aircraft
used
in
military,
customs
and
police
services
shall
be
deemed
to
be
state
aircraft.
(c)
No
state
aircraft
of
a
contracting
State
shall
fly
over
the
territory
of
another
State
or
land
thereon
without
authorization
by
special
agreement
or
otherwise,
and
in
accordance
with
the
terms
thereof.
(d)
The
contracting
States
undertake,
when
issuing
regulations
for
their
state
aircraft,
that
they
will
have
due
regard
for
the
safety
of
navigation
of
civil
aircraft.
Article
4
Misuse
of
civil
aviation
Each
contracting
State
agrees
not
to
use
civil
aviation
for
any
purpose
inconsistent
with
the
aims
of
this
Convention.
CHAPTER
n
FLIGHT
OVER
TERRITORY
OF
CONTRACTING
STATES
Article
5
Right
of
non-scheduled
flight
Each
contracting
State
agrees
that
all
aircraft
of
the
other
contracting
States,
being
aircraft
not
engaged
in
scheduled
international
air
services
shall
have
the
right,
subject
to
the
observance
of
the
terms
of
this
Convention, to
make
flights
into
or
in
transit
non-stop
across
its
territory
and
to
make
stops
for
non-traffic
purposes
without
the
necessity
of
obtaining
prior
permission,
and
subject
to
the
right
of
the
State
flown
over
to
require
landing.
Each
con
tracting
State
nevertheless
reserves
the
right,
for
reasons
of
safety
of
flight,
to
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