This document contains the text of the Convention on
International Civil Aviation, signed at Chicago on 7 December
1944 (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention"), in the
English, French, Russian and Spanish languages. Each of these
texts is equally authentic. The English text is the text adopted
and signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944, amended as
indicated below. The French and Spanish texts are the texts
adopted by and annexed to the Protocol on the Authentic
Trilingual Text of the Convention, signed at Buenos Aires on
24 September 1968 (hereinafter referred to as the "Buenos
Aires Protocol"), amended as indicated below. The text of the
Buenos Aires Protocol is reproduced in this document at
pages 45 to 47. This Protocol came into force on 24 October
1968. The Russian text is the text adopted by and annexed to
the Protocol on the Authentic Quadrilingual Text of the
Convention, signed at Montreal on 30 September 1977
(hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol on the Authentic
Quadrilingual Text"), amended as indicated below. This
Protocol came into force on 16 September 1999. The text of the
Protocol on the Authentic Quadrilingual Text is reproduced in
this document at pages 48 to 5 1.
In the body of the above-mentioned texts ofthe Convention,
in English, French, Russian and Spanish, as presented in this
document, are incorporated all the amendments made to the
Convention which were in force on 1 January 2006, namely in
respect of:
a) Article 3 bis (non-use of weapons against civil
aircraft in flight);
b) Article 45 (permanent seat of the Organization);
C) Article 48 a) (frequency of Assembly Sessions);
ci Article 49 e) (powers of Assembly relating to
annual budgets);
e) Article 50 a) (composition and election of
Council);
f) Article 56 (membership of Air Navigation Commission);
g) Article 61 (budget and apportionment of
expenses);
h) Article 83 bis (transfer of certain functions and
duties in cases of lease, charter or interchange of aircraft);
i) Article 93 bis (expulsion from the International
Civil Aviation Organization or suspension of membership
in it); and
j) the final paragraph, adding Russian to the
authentic texts of the Convention.