International Civil Aviation Organization

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO from the English. ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization) - a specialized agency of the United Nations that sets international standards for civil aviation and coordinating its development in order to improve safety and efficiency.

ICAO established the "Convention on International Civil Aviation." International Air Transport Association (IATA) is not an ICAO.

International Civil Aviation Organization is based on the provisions of Part II of the Chicago konventsii1944 year. In existence since 1947. Is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. SSSRvstupil in ICAO member November 14, 1970.

ICAO statutory purpose is to provide a safe, orderly development of international civil aviation throughout the world and other aspects of the organization and coordination of international cooperation in all matters of civil aviation, including international transport. In accordance with the rules of the international ICAO airspace is divided into FIRs - airspace boundaries of which shall be established taking into account the capabilities of navigation and air traffic control. One of the functions of ICAO is to assign the airports of the world chetyrёhbukvennyh individual codes - identifiers used for the transmission of aeronautical and meteorological information for airports, plans flights (flight-plans), refer to civilian airfields in the navigation maps, and so on. D.

official site www.icao.int