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APPENDIX A.—CONSOLIDATED LIST OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE FIRST INTERIM ASSEMBLY I PARTICIPATION OF NON-MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN DISCUSSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY Resolved : That States not members of PICAO, attending the Assembly as- observers, and International Organizations shall have the right to participate in all the discussions of the Assembly, its Commissions and Sub-commissions ; and That States not members of PICAO, attending the Assembly as observers, shall have, as regards the draft conventions on private air law, the right to participate in discussions and to sign the conventions finally decided upon. II REQUEST OF THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO SEND OBSERVERS TO THE FIRST INTERIM ASSEMBLY Resolved : That the Interim Assembly, having considered the request of the Italian Government, transmitted to the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization by the Italian Ambassador in Washington, hereby authorizes and directs the President of the Interim Council to notify the Italian Government that its request to send observers to participate in the work of the Assembly has been approved by the Assembly. 111 REGIONAL MEETINGS Whereas : The Assembly considers that regional meetings are an essential function of PICAO in facilitating the widespread acceptance of uniform standards, practices and procedures, in international civil air navigation activities ; and Whereas : The full benefit of the regional meetings so far held has not been fully realized because insufficient time has been allowed for preparation and study ; Now Therefore : The Assembly endorses the action of the Council in establishing and delimiting the regions and in placing and convening the regional air navigation meetings, and Resolves : That, in future, a more generous period of time be allowed between meetings to permit more adequate preparation and a further consideration of their results and implications. IV DESIRABILITY OF A MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT Resolved : That the First Interim Assembly affirms the opinion of its members that a multilateral agreement on commercial rights in international civil air transport constitutes the only solution compatible with the character of the International Civil Aviation Organization created at Chicago. V DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT Whereas : The Assembly of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization desires to establish a program for the development of a multilateral agreement which will be acceptable to member States as rapidly as is possible ; and

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