Convention on International Civil Aviation

Also known as Chicago Convention 1944, Chicago Convention, Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation

international treaty that established the ICAO

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Signed: 7 December 1944
Location: Chicago , Illinois, United States
Effective: 4 April 1947
Condition: 26 ratifications
Parties: 193 (Cook Islands and all United Nations members except Liechtenstein)
Depositary: Government of the United States of America
Languages: English, French, Russian and Spanish

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Official name: 国際民間航空条約
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The Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, established the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) charged with coordinating international air travel. The convention establishes rules of airspace, aircraft registration and safety, security, and sustainability, and details the rights of the signatories in relation to air travel. The convention also contains provisions pertaining to taxation.

The document was signed on December 7, 1944, in Chicago by 52 signatory states. It received the requisite 26th ratification on March 5, 1947, and went into effect on April 4, 1947, the same date that ICAO came into being. In October of the same year, ICAO became a specialized agency of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The convention has since been revised eight times (in 1959, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1997, 2000 and 2006).