Article 49 Chicago Convention Powers and duties of Assembly The powers and duties of the Assembly shall be to: (a) Elect at each meeting its President and other officers; (b) Elect the contracting States to be represented on the Council, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IX; (c) Examine and take appropriate action on…

Article 48 Chicago Convention Meetings of Assembly and voting (a) The Assembly shall meet annually and shall be convened by the Council at a suitable time and place. Extraordinary meetings of the Assembly may be held at any time upon the call of the Council or at the request of any ten contracting States addressed…

Article 47 Chicago Convention Legal capacity The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each contracting State such legal capacity as may be necessary for the performance of its functions. Full juridical personality shall be granted wherever compatible with the constitution and laws of the State concerned. See also: Article 46 Chicago Convention

Article 46 Chicago Convention First meeting of Assembly The first meeting of the Assembly shall be summoned by the Interim Council of the above-mentioned Provisional Organization as soon as the Convention has come into force, to meet at a time and place to be decided by the Interim Council. See also: Article 45 Chicago Convention

Article 45 Chicago Convention Permanent seat The permanent seat of the Organization shall be at such place as shall be determined at the final meeting of the Interim Assembly of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization set up by the Interim Agreement on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on December 7, 1944. The seat…

Article 44 Chicago Convention Objectives The aims and objectives of the Organization are to develop the principles and techniques of international air navigation and to foster the planning and development of international air transport so as to: (a) Insure the safe and orderly growth of international civil aviation throughout the world; (b) Encourage the arts…

Article 43 Chicago Convention Name and composition An organization to be named the International Civil Aviation Organization is formed by the Convention. It is made up of an Assembly, a Council, and such other bodies as may be necessary. See also: Article 42 Chicago Convention

Article 42 Chicago Convention Recognition of existing standards of competency of personnel The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to personnel whose licenses are originally issued prior to a date one year after initial adoption of an inter national standard of qualification for such personnel; but they shall in any case apply to all…

Article 41 Chicago Convention Recognition of existing standards of airworthiness The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to aircraft and aircraft equipment of types of which the prototype is submitted to the appropriate national authorities for certification prior to a date three years after the date of adoption of an international standard of airworthiness…

Article 40 Chicago Convention Validity of endorsed certificates and licenses No aircraft or personnel having certificates or licenses so endorsed shall participate in international navigation, except with the permission of the State or States whose territory is entered. The registration or use of any such aircraft, or of any certificated aircraft part, in any State…