INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. December 7, 4 Interim agreement between the United States of America and other [. A.S. 4691 powers respecting international civil aviation. Opened for signature at Chicago December 7, 1944; signedfor the United States of America December 7, 1944; accepted by the United States of America February 8, 1945, with an understanding;effective June 6, 1945. INTERIM AGREEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION The undersigned, on behalf of their respective govern- ments, agree to the following: ARTICLE I THE PROVISIONAL ORGANIZATION Section 1 Prtovsional The signatory States hereby establish a provisional in- organization ternational organization of a technical and advisory na- ture of sovereign States for the purpose of collaboration in the field of international civil aviation. The organiza- tion shall be known as the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization. Section 2 Structure of The Organization shall consist of an Interim Assembly Provisional Organization and an Interim Council, and it shall have its seat in Canada. Section 3 Duration The Organization is established for an interim period of interim period which shall last until a new permanent convention on international civil aviation shall have come into force or another conference on international civil aviation shall have agreed upon other arrangements: provided, how- ever, that the interim period shall in no event exceed three years from the coming into force of the present Agreement. Section 4 Legal The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each member State such legal capacity as may be necessary for the performance of its functions. Full juridical person- ality shall be granted wherever compatible with the con- stitution and laws of the State concerned.
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