ABSTRACT
International air law falls into three categories: multilateral agreements between three or more States, bilateral agreements between two States, and national regulations within a single State. The United States and 20 other countries from North, South, and Central America met in Havana in 1928 for the Havana Convention. The goal was to establish a foundation of international cooperation specific to the Americas; however, the resulting convention weakened ICAN’s international position. A convention is a type of a treaty – an international agreement between States governed by international law – that is sponsored by an international organization; it is typically signed by many States. The Chicago Convention established the International Civil Aviation Organization as the sole international organization responsible for civil aviation, replacing ICAN that had been created with the Paris Convention. The International Civil Aviation Organization was created through the Chicago Convention as a special agency of the UN.
