Safety of International Civil Aviation

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 129 Safety of international civil aviation, published in 1978.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Aviation Security Hijacking of Aircraft Treaties

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Reiterates and reaffirms its condemnation of acts of aerial hijacking or other interference with civil air travel through the threat or use of force, and all acts of violence which may be directed against passengers, crew and aircraft, whether committed by individuals or States;

Calls upon all States to take all necessary steps.

taking into account the relevant recommendations of the United Nations and the International Civil Aviation Organization, to prevent acts of the nature referred to in paragraph 1 above, including the improvement of security arrangements at airports or by airlines as well as the exchanRe of relevant information, and to this end to take joint and separate action, subject to respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and for the relevant United Nations declarations, covenants and resolutions and without prejudice to the sovereignty or territorial integrity of any State, in co-operation with the United Nations and the International Civil Aviation Organization, to ensure that passengers, crew and aircraft engaged in civil aviation are not used as a means of extorting advantage of any kind;

Appeals to all States which have not yet become parties to the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963,5 the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970,6 and the Convention

4 Official Records of the Security Council, Twenty-seventh Year, Supplement for April, M"y and lune 1972. document S/10705.

"United Natiom. Treatv Series, vol. 704, No. 10106.

6 United States Treaties ·and Other lntemational Agreements, vol. 22, part 2 (1971), p. 1644. for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on 23 September 1 971, 7 to give urgent consideration to ratifying or acceding to those conventions;

Calls upon the International Civil Aviation Organization to undertake urgently further efforts with a view to ensuring the security of air travel and preventing the recurrence of acts of the nature referred to 111 paragraph l above, including the reinforcement of annex I ]X to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed at Chicago on 7 December I 944;H 5.

Appeals to all Governments to make serious ,tudies of the abnormal situation related to hijacking.

56th plenary meetinR

3 November 1977

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Notes with deep regret that repatriation or compensation of the refugees as provided for in paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 194 (Ill) has not been effected, that no substantial progress has been made in the programme endorsed by the Assembly in paragraph 2 of resolution 513 (VI) of 26 January 1952 for the reintegration of refugees either by repatriation or resettlement and that, therefore, the situation of the refugees continues to be a matter of serious concern;

Expresses its sincere appreciation to Sir John Rennie, who retired this year as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, for his efficient administration of the Agency and for his dedicated service to the welfare of the refugees during the past nine years;

Expresses its thanks to the Commissioner-General and to the staff of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for their continued dedicated and effective efforts under difficult circumstances to provide essential services for the Palestine refugees, recognizing that the Agency is doing all it can within the limits of available resources, and also expresses its thanks to the specialized agencies and private organizations for their valuable work in assisting the refugees;

7 lhid., vol. 24, part I (1973), p, 568.

~ See ln1ernatio11al Standards and Recommended Practices: S1°curit.1·-Safeguardillg internatiollal civil aviation against acts of unlawful illterfcrence (International Civil Aviation Organization, Montreal, August 1974). This first edition of annex 17 w:1s adopted by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization on 22 March 1974.

il United :-Jations. Treatv Series, vol. 15, No. 102.

10 Officio/ Records of the General Assemh/y, Thirty-second

ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE REFUGEES .\,·ssion, S11r1,lc1111111 No. /3 (A/]2/13 and Corr.I and 2).

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