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XV STATUS AND FUNCTION OF REGIONAL OFFICES Resolved : That the Assembly agrees in principle to the policy of establishing regional offices under the direction of PIC AO, leaving details of such establishment to the Council to decide, having due regard to the recommendations of the Dublin and Paris Air Navigation Meetings and other regional meetings which will be held in the future. XVI REPORT OF THE INTERIM COUNCIL Resolved : That the Assembly highly commends the Council for the excellent Report submitted ■as Document A/4, which has provided the Assembly with a clear and comprehensive background on the work of the Council during the past year, and has proved of the greatest value to the Delegates of the Assembly in their consideration of the problems facing the Organization. XVII PARTICIPATION OF EX-ENEMY STATES IN PICAO ACTIVITIES Resolved : That the Council may invite ex-enemy States to participate, without the right to vote at its meetings, in Regional Air Navigation Meetings, and in meetings of Technical Divisions, when, in the judgment of the Council the attendance of ex-enemy States is considered useful for the furtherance of the objectives of the meetings. In the case of ex-enemy States under Allied Military Government, invitations should be addressed only to the Governments of the Allied Military Authorities. XVIII PREPARATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION Resolved : 1. That all member States be urged to ratify the Convention on International Civil Aviation as soon as possible and that the Interim Council be requested, as ratification progresses, to recommend to member States the procedure for depositing their instruments of ratification so that all States which have not yet done so may deposit simultaneously their ratifications on the Ist March, 1947. 2. That all member States should notify the Interim Council as early as possible, and, if possible, during the present session of the Assembly, whether they are prepared or expect to conform to the preceding resolution. 3. That all member States should notify the Interim Council as and when they have accomplished the necessary preliminary legislative and other measures to enable them to deposit their instruments of ratification and that the Interim Council should notify all States of the progress of these measures. 4. That the Assembly, recognizing the necessity of continuity between the Provisional and Permanent Organizations directs that on the coming into force of the Convention the Interim Council, its officers, the Secretariat, and other organs of the Provisional Organization shall continue to function under existing rules and regulations until they are replaced by corresponding organs of the Permanent Organization, or until the Permanent Assembly or Council shall otherwise direct. 5. That on the coming into force of the Convention, the Interim Council shall call the first session of the Assembly, fix the time and place of its meeting and prepare its draft agenda, and that the President of the Interim Council shall open the Assembly .and preside over it until a President has been elected.

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