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 charged with coordinating and regulating international air travel. The Convention establishes rules of airspace, aircraft registration and safety, and details the rights of the signatories in relation to air travel. The Convention also exempts air fuels from tax. The document was signed on December 7, 1944 in Chicago, U.S., 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). As of 2013, the Chicago Convention has 191 state parties, which includes all member states of the United Nations—except Dominica, Liechtenstein, and Tuvalu—plus the Cook Islands. The Convention is supported by eighteen annexes containing standards and recommended practices (SARPs). The annexes are amended regularly by ICAO and are as follows: Annex 1 – Personnel Licensing Annex 2 – Rules of the Air Annex 3 – Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation Vol I – Core SARPs Vol II – Appendices and Attachments Annex 4 – Aeronautical Charts Annex 5 – Units of Measurement to be used in Air and Ground Operations Annex 6 – Operation of Aircraft Part I – International Commercial Air Transport – Aeroplanes Part II – International General Aviation – Aeroplanes Part III – International Operations – Helicopters Annex 7 – Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks Annex 8 – Airworthiness of Aircraft Annex 9 – Facilitation Annex 10 – Aeronautical Telecommunications Vol I – Radio Navigation Aids Vol II – Communication Procedures including those with PANS status Vol III – Communication Systems Part I – Digital Data Communication Systems Part II – Voice Communication Systems Vol IV – Surveillance Radar and Collision Avoidance Systems Vol V – Aeronautical Radio Frequency Spectrum Utilization Annex 11 – Air Traffic Services – Air Traffic Control Service, Flight Information Service and Alerting Service Annex 12 – Search and Rescue Annex 13 – Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Annex 14 – Aerodromes Vol I – Aerodrome Design and Operations Vol II – Heliports Annex 15 – Aeronautical Information Services Annex 16 – Environmental Protection Vol I – Aircraft Noise Vol II – Aircraft Engine Emissions Annex 17 – Security: Safeguarding International Civil Aviation Against Acts of Unlawful Interference Annex 18 – The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air Annex 19 – Safety Management (Since 14 November 2013) On February 25th 2013 after 30 years the Council adopted unanimously a new Annex to the Chicago Convention, Annex 19 on Safety Management. Annex 19 was triggered by the High Level Safety Conference in 2010 and went through a two year process of development steered by the Air Navigation Commission. This first edition of Annex 19 constitutes the first phase of a two phase approach: a first phase limited to the consolidation and reorganization of existing Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs). Phase 2 will now be a regular amendment to the Annex and will include a review and developments to SMS and SSP provisions. Annex 5, Units of Measurement to be Used in Air and Ground Operations, named in its Table 3-3 three "non-SI alternative units permitted for temporary use with the SI": the foot (for vertical distance = altitude), the knot (for speed), and the nautical mile (for long distance). Source: ICAO
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