CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
SIGNED AT CHICAGO ON 7 DECEMBER 1944
Entry into force: The Convention entered into force on 4 April 1947.
In accordance with Articles 91(b) and 92(b), the Convention shall enter into force
30 days after deposits of instruments of ratification/adherence.
Status: 190 Contracting States.
This list is based on information received from the depositary, the Government of the United States of
America
State Date of deposit of instrument of ratification or notification of
adherence (A)
Afghanistan 4 April 1947
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 March 1947
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 1947
Belize 7 December 1990 (A)
Benin 29 May 1961 (A)
Bhutan 17 May 1989 (A)
Bolivia 4 April 1947
Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 January 1993 (A)
Botswana 28 December 1978 (A)
Brazil 8 July 1946
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 February 1946
Cape Verde 19 August 1976 (A)
Central African Republic 28 June 1961 (A)
Chad 3 July 1962 (A)
Chile 11 March 1947
China (1) 20 February 1946
Colombia 31 October 1947
Comoros 15 January 1985 (A)
Congo 26 April 1962 (A)
Cook Islands 20 August 1986 (A)
Costa Rica 1 May 1958
Côte d’Ivoire 31 October 1960 (A)
Croatia 9 April 1992 (A)
Cuba 11 May 1949
Cyprus 17 January 1961 (A)
Czech Republic 4 March 1993 (A)
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 16 August 1977 (A)
Democratic Republic of the Congo 27 July 1961 (A)
Denmark 28 February 1947
Djibouti 30 June 1978 (A)
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State Date of deposit of instrument of ratification or notification of
adherence (A)
Dominican Republic 25 January 1946
Ecuador 20 August 1954
Egypt 13 March 1947
El Salvador 11 June 1947
Equatorial Guinea 22 February 1972 (A)
Eritrea 17 September 1993 (A)
Estonia 24 January 1992 (A)
Ethiopia 1 March 1947
Fiji 5 March 1973 (A)
Finland 30 March 1949 (A)
France 25 March 1947
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 March 1947
Grenada 31 August 1981 (A)
Guatemala 28 April 1947
Guinea 27 March 1959 (A)
Guinea-Bissau 15 December 1977 (A)
Guyana 3 February 1967 (A)
Haiti 25 March 1948
Honduras 7 May 1953
Hungary 30 September 1969 (A)
Iceland 21 March 1947
India 1 March 1947
Indonesia 27 April 1950 (A)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19 April 1950
Iraq 2 June 1947
Ireland 31 October 1946
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)
Kiribati 14 April 1981 (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 September 1949
Lesotho 19 May 1975 (A)
Liberia 11 February 1947
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 29 January 1953 (A)
Lithuania 8 January 1992 (A)
Luxembourg 28 April 1948
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)
Marshall Islands 18 March 1988 (A)
Mauritania 13 January 1962 (A)
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State Date of deposit of instrument of ratification or notification of
adherence (A)
Mauritius 30 January 1970 (A)
Mexico 25 June 1946
Micronesia (Federated States of) 27 September 1988 (A)
Monaco 4 January 1980 (A)
Mongolia 7 September 1989 (A)
Montenegro 12 February 2007 (A)
Morocco 13 November 1956 (A)
Mozambique 5 January 1977 (A)
Myanmar 8 July 1948 (A)
Namibia 30 April 1991 (A)
Nauru 25 August 1975 (A)
Nepal 29 June 1960 (A)
Netherlands (3) 26 March 1947
New Zealand 7 March 1947
Nicaragua 28 December 1945
Niger 29 May 1961 (A)
Nigeria 14 November 1960 (A)
Norway 5 May 1947
Oman 24 January 1973 (A)
Pakistan 6 November 1947 (A)
Palau 4 October 1995 (A)
Panama (4) 18 January 1960 (A)
Papua New Guinea 15 December 1975 (A)
Paraguay 21 January 1946
Peru 8 April 1946
Philippines 1 March 1947
Poland 6 April 1945
Portugal 27 February 1947
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)
Samoa 21 November 1996 (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 (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)
Solomon Islands 11 April 1985 (A)
Somalia 2 March 1964 (A)
South Africa 1 March 1947
Spain 5 March 1947
Sri Lanka 1 June 1948 (A)
Sudan 29 June 1956 (A)
Suriname 5 March 1976 (A)
Swaziland 14 February 1973 (A)
Sweden 7 November 1946
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State Date of deposit of instrument of ratification or notification of
adherence (A)
Switzerland (5) 6 February 1947
Syrian Arab Republic 21 December 1949
Tajikistan 3 September 1993 (A)
Thailand 4 April 1947
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 10 December 1992 (A)
Timor-Leste 4 August 2005 (A)
Togo 18 May 1965 (A)
Tonga 2 November 1984 (A)
Trinidad and Tobago 14 March 1963 (A)
Tunisia 18 November 1957 (A)
Turkey 20 December 1945
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 March 1947
United Republic of Tanzania 23 April 1962 (A)
United States 9 August 1946
Uruguay 14 January 1954
Uzbekistan 13 October 1992 (A)
Vanuatu 17 August 1983 (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)
(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”:
“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 ingles”.
(“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.”)
(5) The Minister of Switzerland made the following statement in the note transmitting the Swiss Instrument of Ratification:
“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”.
(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.
Following the Declaration of Independence adopted by the National Assembly of Montenegro on 3 June 2006, Serbia
advised ICAO by a note dated 7 June 2006 that the membership of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro in ICAO is
continued by the Republic of Serbia. Serbia subsequently advised ICAO by a note dated 13 July 2006 that the Republic
of Serbia continues to exercise its rights and honour its commitments deriving from international treaties concluded by
Serbia and Montenegro and requests that the Republic of Serbia be considered a party to all international agreements in
force, instead of Serbia and Montenegro.
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