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June 1970

ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE COUNCIL
TO THE ASSEMBLY
FOR 1969

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
FOR THE EIGHTEENTH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION

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 TO THE ASSEMBLY

OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION

I have the honour to transmit, at the direction of the Council, its Report
for the year 1969, prepared in compliance with Article 54(a) of the Convention on
International Civil Aviation. Although it constitutes documentation for the Eighteenth
Session of the Assembly, which will not be convened until 1971, it is being circulated
to Contracting States now for their information. It will be sent also to the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations in pursuance of Article VI, paragraph Z(a) of
the Agreement between the United Nations and ICAO.

The Report was prepared by the Secretariat and circulated in draft form
to the Representatives of Council Member States for their suggestions. The Council,
as a body, did not formally examine or adopt it, but, as for several years past, dele-
gated to its President authority to approve the final text after considering all the
suggestions received.

As in previous years, Chapter I is a description of significant developments

in civil aviation during the year; the activities of ICAO itself are described in Chapters
II to VIII.

The Council held four sessions in 1969. The first was an extraordinary
session, called to consider a complaint submitted under Article 54(n) of the Convention
and involved four meetings in January. The other three were regular sessions: the
Sixty-sixth from 24 February to 10 April with three meetings during the Committee phase
(on 22, 23 and 24 January), the Sixty-seventh from 6 May to 27 June, and the Sixty-eighth
from 10 November to 17 December with two meetings during the Committee phase (on
30 September and 27 October). Authority to act on a number of matters, as necessary,
when the Council was not in session was delegated to the President.

Walter Binaghi
President of the Council
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I -

Traffic ..................................... 1
1.
2. Non-scheduled Commercial Air Transport ...... 25
3. Financial Re sult s ............................ 26
4. Airline Fares and Rates ...................... 31
5. Inter-Airline Co-operation ................... 34
6. General Aviation ............................ 38
7. Evolution of the Commercial Air Transport
Fleet of ICAO States ....................... 41
8. Safety ...................................... 46
9. Technical Trends and Developments ........... 51

ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN ICAO IN 1969

CHAPTER II - AIR NAVIGATION ............................... 56

1. Introduction ................................ 56
2. Meetings.. ................................. 57
3. International Standards, Recommended Practices
and Procedures ........................... 65
4. Air Navigation Plans ........................ 68
5. Special Projects ............................ 80

CHAPTER III - AIR TRANSPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

1. Introduction ................................ 84
2. Meetings ................................... 84
3. Economic Activities ......................... 86
4. Statistics .................................. 88
5. Facilitation ................................ 88
6. Air Transport Work in the Regions ........... 90

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CHAPTER IV - JOINT FINANCING ..... ........ .............. 92

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. 92
2. Agreement on the Joint Financing of Certain
Air Navigation Services in Greenland and
the Faroes, 1956 (the Danish Joint Financing
Agreement) . .............. ........ ..... 92
3. Agreement on the Joint Financing of Certain
Air Navigation Services in Iceland, 1956
(the Icelandic Joint Financing Agreement) . 94
4. The North Atlantic Ocean Stations Joint
Financing Agreement, 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

CHAPTER V - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 100

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
2. Participation of the Regional Offices in ICAO
Technical Assistance Activities . . . . . . . . . . 103
3. Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
4. Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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111
5. Fellowships and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
6. Technical Assistance Component of the UNDP
and Funds-in-Trust .. ... ........ ....... 111
7. Special Fund Component of the UNDP . . . . . . 128
8. United Nations Fund for the Development of
West Irian (FUNDWI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

J CHAPTER VI - CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS . .. 131

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k 1. Introduction ........ .......... ...... .. ... 131

2. Chicago Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
3. International Air Law Conventions . ... ..... 134
4. Unlawful Interference with International
Civil Aviation and Its Facilities . . . . . . . . . . 138
5. Work Programme of the Legal Committee .. 139
6. Rules of Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
7. Privileges, Immunities and Facilities of the
Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 139
8. Registration of Agreements and Arrangements 140
9. Collection of National Aviation Laws and
Regulations . . . . . ..I................... 140
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CHAPTER VII - RELATIONS WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS ............................ 141
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1. The United Nations ........................ 141
2. Inter-Agency Bodies ....................... 143
3. Specialized Agencies ...................... 145
4. Other International Organizations ........... 146

CHAPTER VIII - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION ........ 149

1. Introduction .............................. ‘149

2. Organization ............................. 149
3. Personnel ................................ 150
4. Nineteenth ICAO Familiarization Course ..... 152
5. Public Information ........................ 153
6. Language Services, Publications and Library 153
7. Premises.. .............................. 155
8. Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

APPENDICES - 1. Part I: States Parties to the Chicago Acts

as of 31 December 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Part II: Protocol on the Authentic Trilingual
Text of the Convention on Interna-
tional Civil Aviation (Chicago,
1944), done at Buenos Aires on
24 September 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
2. Part I: Annexes to the Convention - Amend-
ments Adopted up to 31 December 1969 165
Part II: Procedures for Air Navigation Ser-
vices - Amendments Approved up to
31 December 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
3. The Council, Its Committees and the Air Navi-
gation Commission.. . .... ... ... ... ..... . 173
4. ICAO Meetings held in 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
5. Programme of Meetings of ICAO for 1970 . . . :82
6. Participation of States and International Organ-
izations in Main ICAO Meetings in 1969 . . . . 185
7. National Distribution of Professional Category
Staff as at 31 December 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
8. Distribution of Technical Assistance Field
Staff by Nationality, Grade and Programme,
1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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APPENDICES 9. Distribution of Technical Assistance Field

(Cont’d. ) Staff by Programme and Profession or Trade,
1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
10. Fellowship and Scholarship Awards Made during
1969 under ICAO Programmes (other than those
uncle r Resolution Al6 -8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
11. Fellowship and Scholarship Awards Made
during 1969 under ICAO Regular Budget
(as under Assembly Resolution A16-8) ...... 203
12. Statistics for Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 205
13. Major Indicators of the Development of Sche-
duled Air Traffic Services, 1951-1969 . . . . . . 212