STATUS REPORT

CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION

[CHICAGO CONVENTION]

(Chicago, 07/12/1944)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 05-Apr-51

Depositary: Government of the United States of America

Last updated by PacLII: 03/08/06
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other
Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Cook Islands   20 August 1986 (A)    
Fiji   5 March 1973 (A)    
Kiribati   14 April 1981 (A)    
Marshall Islands   18 March 1988 (A)    
Nauru   25 August 1975 (A)    
Palau   4 October 1995 (A)    
Papua New Guinea   15 December 1975 (A)    
Samoa   21 November 1996 (A)    
Solomon Islands   11 April 1985 (A)    
Tonga   2 November 1984 (A)    
Vanuatu   17 August 1983 (A)    
 
(1) A letter dated 15 February 1974 from the Government of the People’s Republic of China advised ICAO that “the Government of the People’s Republic of China has decided to recognize the Convention on International Civil Aviation, which the then Government of China signed in Chicago on 9 December 1944 and of which an instrument of ratification was deposited by it on 20 February 1946        
(2) The German Democratic Republic, which adhered to the Convention on 2 April 1990, acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990        
(3) By a Note dated 9 January 1986 the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands informed the Government of the United States of America that as of 1 January 1986 the Convention is applicable to the Netherlands Antilles (without Aruba) and to Aruba        
(4) The accession of Panama contains the following statement designated as “reservation        
(5) The Minister of Switzerland made the following statement in the note transmitting the Swiss Instrument of Ratification        
(6) The People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, which adhered to the Convention on 28 January 1970, merged with the Yemen Arab Republic on 22 May 1990        
(7) On 4 February 2003, the name of the State of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was changed to Serbia and Montenegro        
(“The Republic of Panama accedes to the said Convention with the reservation that the Republic of Panama does not give its assent to the word jurisdiction appearing in Article 2 of the Convention as equivalent to the term suzerainty which appears in the English text.”)        
Afghanistan   04 Apr 1947 (A)    
Albania   28 March 1991 (A)    
Algeria   7 May 1963 (A)    
Andorra   26 January 2001 (A)    
Angola   11 March 1977 (A)    
Antigua and Barbuda   10 November 1981 (A)    
Argentina   4 June 1946 (A)    
Armenia   18 June 1992 (A)    
Australia   1-Mar-47    
Austria   27 August 1948 (A)    
Azerbaijan   9 October 1992 (A)    
Bahamas   27 May 1975 (A)    
Bahrain   20 August 1971 (A)    
Bangladesh   22 December 1972 (A)    
Barbados   21 March 1967 (A)    
Belarus   4 June 1993 (A)    
Belgium   5-May-47    
Belize   7 December 1990 (A)    
Benin   29 May 1961 (A)    
Bhutan   17 May 1989 (A)    
Bolivia   4-Apr-47    
Bosnia and Herzegovina   13 January 1993 (A)    
Botswana   28 December 1978 (A)    
Brazil   8-Jul-46    
Brunei Darussalam   4 December 1984 (A)    
Bulgaria   8 June 1967 (A)    
Burkina Faso   21 March 1962 (A)    
Burundi   19 January 1968 (A)    
Cambodia   16 January 1956 (A)    
Cameroon   15 January 1960 (A)    
Canada   13-Feb-46    
Cape Verde   19 August 1976 (A)    
Central African Republic   28 June 1961 (A)    
Chad   3 July 1962 (A)    
Chile   11-Mar-47    
China (1)   20-Feb-46    
Colombia   31-Oct-47    
Comoros   15 January 1985 (A)    
Congo   26 April 1962 (A)    
Costa Rica   1-May-58    
Croatia   9 April 1992 (A)    
Cuba   11-May-49    
Cyprus   17 January 1961 (A)    
Czech Republic   4 March 1993 (A)    
Côte d’Ivoire   31 October 1960 (A)    
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea   16 August 1977 (A)    
Democratic Republic of the Congo   27 July 1961 (A)    
Denmark   28-Feb-47    
Djibouti   30 June 1978 (A)    
Dominican Republic   25-Jan-46    
Ecuador   20-Aug-54    
Egypt   13-Mar-47    
El Salvador   11-Jun-47    
Equatorial Guinea   22 February 1972 (A)    
Eritrea   17 September 1993 (A)    
Estonia   24 January 1992 (A)    
Ethiopia   1-Mar-47    
Finland   30 March 1949 (A)    
France   25-Mar-47    
Gabon   18 January 1962 (A)    
Gambia   13 May 1977 (A)    
Georgia   21 January 1994 (A)    
Germany (2)   9 May 1956 (A)    
Ghana   9 May 1957 (A)    
Greece   13-Mar-47    
Grenada   31 August 1981 (A)    
Guatemala   28-Apr-47    
Guinea   27 March 1959 (A)    
Guinea-Bissau   15 December 1977 (A)    
Guyana   3 February 1967 (A)    
Haiti   25-Mar-48    
Honduras   7-May-53    
Hungary   30 September 1969 (A)    
Iceland   21-Mar-47    
India   1-Mar-47    
Indonesia   27 April 1950 (A)    
Iran (Islamic Republic of)   19-Apr-50    
Iraq   2-Jun-47    
Ireland   31-Oct-46    
Israel   24 May 1949 (A)    
Italy   31 October 1947 (A)    
Jamaica   26 March 1963 (A)    
Japan   8 September 1953 (A)    
Jordan   18 March 1947 (A)    
Kazakhstan   21 August 1992 (A)    
Kenya   1 May 1964 (A)    
Kuwait   18 May 1960 (A)    
Kyrgyzstan   25 February 1993 (A)    
Lao People’s Democratic Republic   13 June 1955 (A)    
Latvia   13 July 1992 (A)    
Lebanon   19-Sep-49    
Lesotho   19 May 1975 (A)    
Liberia   11-Feb-47    
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   29 January 1953 (A)    
Lithuania   8 January 1992 (A)    
Luxembourg   28-Apr-48    
Madagascar   14 April 1962 (A)    
Malawi   11 September 1964 (A)    
Malaysia   7 April 1958 (A)    
Maldives   12 March 1974 (A)    
Mali   8 November 1960 (A)    
Malta   5 January 1965 (A)    
Mauritania   13 January 1962 (A)    
Mauritius   30 January 1970 (A)    
Mexico   25-Jun-46    
Micronesia (Federated States of)   27 September 1988 (A)    
Monaco   4 January 1980 (A)    
Mongolia   7 September 1989 (A)    
Morocco   13 November 1956 (A)    
Mozambique   5 January 1977 (A)    
Myanmar   8 July 1948 (A)    
Namibia   30 April 1991 (A)    
Nepal   29 June 1960 (A)    
Netherlands (3)   26-Mar-47    
New Zealand   7-Mar-47    
Nicaragua   28-Dec-45    
Niger   29 May 1961 (A)    
Nigeria   14 November 1960 (A)    
Norway   5-May-47    
Notes        
Oman   24 January 1973 (A)    
Pakistan   6 November 1947 (A)    
Panama (4)   18 January 1960 (A)    
Paraguay   21-Jan-46    
Peru   8-Apr-46    
Philippines   1-Mar-47    
Poland   6-Apr-45    
Portugal   27-Feb-47    
Qatar   5 September 1971 (A)    
Republic of Korea   11 November 1952 (A)    
Republic of Moldova   1 June 1992 (A)    
Romania   30 April 1965 (A)    
Russian Federation   15 October 1970 (A)    
Rwanda   3 February 1964 (A)    
Saint Kitts and Nevis   21 May 2002 (A)    
Saint Lucia   20 November 1979 (A)    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   15 November 1983 (A)    
San Marino   13 May 1988 (A)    
Sao Tome and Principe   28 February 1977 (A)    
Saudi Arabia   19 February 1962 (A)    
Senegal   11 November 1960 (A)    
Serbia and Montenegro (7)   14 December 2000 (A)    
Seychelles   25 April 1977 (A)    
Sierra Leone   22 November 1961 (A)    
Singapore   20 May 1966 (A)    
Slovakia   15 March 1993 (A)    
Slovenia   13 May 1992 (A)    
Somalia   2 March 1964 (A)    
South Africa   1-Mar-47    
Spain   5-Mar-47    
Sri Lanka   1 June 1948 (A)    
Sudan   29 June 1956 (A)    
Suriname   5 March 1976 (A)    
Swaziland   14 February 1973 (A)    
Sweden   7-Nov-46    
Switzerland (5)   6-Feb-47    
Syrian Arab Republic   21-Dec-49    
Tajikistan   3 September 1993 (A)    
Thailand   4-Apr-47    
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia   10 December 1992 (A)    
Timor-Leste   4 August 2005 (A)    
Togo   18 May 1965 (A)    
Trinidad and Tobago   14 March 1963 (A)    
Tunisia   18 November 1957 (A)    
Turkey   20-Dec-45    
Turkmenistan   15 March 1993 (A)    
Uganda   10 April 1967 (A)    
Ukraine   10 August 1992 (A)    
United Arab Emirates   25 April 1972 (A)    
United Kingdom   1-Mar-47    
United Republic of Tanzania   23 April 1962 (A)    
United States   9-Aug-46    
Uruguay   14-Jan-54    
Uzbekistan   13 October 1992 (A)    
Venezuela   1 April 1947 (A)    
Viet Nam   13 March 1980 (A)    
Yemen (6)   17 April 1964 (A)    
Zambia   30 October 1964 (A)    
Zimbabwe   11 February 1981 (A)    
“La República de Panamá se adhiere a dicha CONVENCIÓN con la reserva de que la República de Panamá no da su asentimiento a la palabra jurisdicción que aparece en el Artículo 2 de la versión española de la Convención, como equivalente del término suzerainty que aparece en el texto inglés        
“My Government has instructed me to notify you that the authorities in Switzerland have agreed with the authorities in the Principality of Liechtenstein that this Convention will be applicable to the territory of the Principality as well as to that of the Swiss Confederation, as long as the Treaty of 29 March 1923 integrating the whole territory of Liechtenstein with the Swiss customs territory will remain in force        
Keys:
  • Accession (a)
  • Acceptance (A)
  • Approval (AA)
  • Definitive Signature (s)
  • Formal confirmation (c)
  • Participation (P)
  • Notification (of provisional application, of special undertaking, etc) (n)
  • Ratification (Rt)
  • Reservation (r)
  • Succession (d)

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