Saudi ratifies protocols on Convention on International Civil Aviation amendments

Saudi Arabia has ratified protocols related to amendments in Convention on International Civil Aviation.

The first protocol included an amendment to Article 50 (a) of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, which stipulates raising the number of members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council from 36 to 40 members. 

The second protocol included an amendment to Article 56 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, which provides for raising the number of members of the Air Navigation Commission from (19) to (21) members.

Saudi Arabia was the initiator of the proposal to increase the number of members of the ICAO Council, and the proposal was approved by the ICAO General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session in Montreal in 2016. The two protocols relating to the amendment of Article 50(a) and Article 56 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) were respectively ratified.

The General Assembly recommended that all contracting states ratify quickly the two amendments, and with the kingdom’s ratification now, it becomes the 70th country in the ICAO organization that officially ratifies these two protocols. 

For the protocols to enter into force, 128 contracting states must at least ratify one of the two protocols.