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(h) that

every

contracting State undertakes to

provide air navigation facilities and to

adopt communications procedures, codes,

markings and other operational rules in

accordance with the standards and recommended

practices of the International Civil Aviation

Organization (ICAO) (Article 28);

(i) that

every aircraft of a contracting State engaged

in international navigation shall

carry the certificates of air worthiness and

personnel

licences issued or rendered valid

by the State in which it is registered

(Articles 31 and 32);

(j) that no aircraft may carry munitions of war

in or above the territory of a State except by permission of such State (Article 35);

(k)

that every contracting State undertakes to

comply with international standards or

procedures adopted by the ICAO and to notify ICAO of any departures from these standards and procedures (Articles 37 and 38);

(1) that an organization to be named the ICAO is

established and is made up of an Assembly, a

Council and supporting bodies (such as the Air Navigation Commission). The objectives,

structure and functions of the ICAO are set

out in Articles 44-55 of the Convention;

(m) that the Council of the ICAO may, at the

request of a Contracting State, provide

technical and financial assistance to that

State to improve air navigation facilities

(Article 74);

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