World War II, the 1944 Chicago Convention and the advent of international organizations
The Chicago Convention
Structure and contents
The 1944 Chicago Conference adopts the Chicago Convention and creates ICAO: national air space ownership and control, universal rules and enforcement, reciprocity, Freedoms of the Air, extension of national territory, standardization of bilateral agreements texts; soon thereafter UNO recognizes ICAO as a branch; all commercial aspects referred to IATA. Ratified by 190 states