Page ContentNOTE - This is the official list of short names of ICAO Contracting States, for use in all general documentation and publications. Where full names of States are required, the official…
Page ContentThe following tables list the international organizations which may be invited to attend suitable ICAO meetings. Officially, ICAO does not classify these as ‘observers’.
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Page ContentThe establishment and maintenance of international Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), as well as Procedures for Air Navigation (PANS), are fundamental tenets of the Convention…
Page ContentThe President of the ICAO Council is elected for a three-year term by the 36 States elected to the ICAO Council, and may be re-elected for one additional term. Mr. Salvatore…
Page ContentThe Air Navigation Commission (ANC) considers and recommends Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS) for adoption or approval by…
Page ContentSecretary General The Secretariat of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is headed by the Secretary General. The Secretariat consists of five bureaus: the…
Page ContentDoes ICAO approve world flight routes? If not, how are these agreed?While ICAO doesn’t ‘approve’ world flight routes for international air traffic, it is instrumental to facilitating the…
Page ContentPer the Chicago Convention, Assemblies of all of its States Parties are to meet not less than once every three years, as convened by the ICAO Council. At these major triennial…
Page ContentEstablished by the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation, ICAO is an intergovernmental organization that works with its member states to support the safe, secure, sustainable…
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Vision: Achieve the sustainable growth of the global civil aviation system.
Mission: To serve as the global forum of States for international civil aviation. ICAO develops…