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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for international civil aviation.
Both ICAO and IATA have their own airport and airline code systems. ICAO uses 4-letter airport codes, and 3-letter airline codes. IATA is scheduled to eventually switch its codes to the ICAO standard.
ICAO's Technical Co-operation Bureau is pleased to announce several fellowships awards for courses taking place in 2005 at the Polytechnical University of Madrid.
Coverage of the outcome of the Assembly, which adopted 32 resolutions on every aspect of internationalcivilaviation, begins on page 5.
Subscriptions give access to the full texts of International Conventions and Protocols, Annexes to the Convention on InternationalCivilAviation, documents pertaining to Air Traffic Management and the Annual Reports of the Council.
The InternationalCivilAviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of internationalair transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for internationalcivilaviation.
In addition, the ICAO defines the protocols for air accident investigation followed by transport safety authorities in countries signatory to the Convention on InternationalCivilAviation, commonly known as the Chicago Convention.
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