International Conventions from 1919 onwards,Laws which these conventions lead toParis Convention 1919
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The technical developments in aviation arising out of WorldWar. A special Aeronautical Commission, which had its originin the Inter-Allied Aviation Committee created in 1917, wasformed on 6 March 1919 under the auspices of the PeaceConference. In seven months and using the groundwork laidat the 1910 Paris Diplomatic Conference, this AeronauticalCommission drew up a Convention Relating to the Regulationof Aerial Navigation, which was signed by 27 States on 13October 1919.
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Article 1 of the Convention Stated "The High ContractingParties recognise that every Power has complete andexclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory."Article 2 stated "Each contracting State undertakes in timeof peace to accord freedom of innocent passage above itsterritory to the aircraft of the other contracting States,provided that the conditions laid down in the presentConvention are observed.".
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Paris meeting discussed the commercial control andregulation of air services, and various other social andeconomic aspects of air transportation. Thrust of Convention
Exclusive Soverignity over the air space.
Nationality of the Aircraft.
Rules of Airworthiness to be universalized.
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