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It is therefore resolved : (a) That there shall not, at this first Interim Assembly, be formulated or adopted any protocol or similar document amendatory to the Convention of Warsaw ; (b) That the matter of amendment to the Convention of Warsaw should be referred back to CITEJA with a request that CITEJA, or any other body which may succeed to the functions of CITEJA, should review the entire convention for the purpose of considering the need of a more complete and extensive revision thereof in the light of recent experience in air transportation, and of technical studies now being undertaken by PIC AO, I ATA and others ; (c) That member States and those States not members of PICAO represented at this Assembly should be invited to furnish to the Council as soon as possible any additional views on the subject; (d) That if the need for such further revision is indicated, the Council shall present to the next Assembly either appropriate amendments to the present convention, or a new draft convention on the same subject matters as are comprised in the Convention of Warsaw ; and (e) That a copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted to the members of PICAO, other States represented at this Assembly, CITEJA, lATA and such other parties as the Council deems advisable, with a request that proposals for amendment of the convention may be sent to the Council of PICAO as soon as practicable. XXXI MEANS BY WHICH PICAO SHOULD, IN FUTURE, DEAL WITH LEGAL PROBLEMS Resolved : 1. That in setting up the Permanent Organization provision should be made for the establishment, on the authority of its Assembly, as part of the Permanent Organization, and responsible to the Council, of a Permanent Committee on International Air Law with the functions to — (a) Study and prepare draft conventions leading progressively to the unification of International Air Law ; (b) Advise on questions relating to International Air Law submitted to it by the Permanent Organization ; (c) Collect legislative, administrative and legal information concerning International Air Law and transmit this information to the Secretariat of the Permanent Organization for communication to member States. 2. That the date and method of establishment of the Legal Committee and its functioning be fixed by the Council after consultation with the Secretary General of the CITEJA, and that in the functioning of this Committee with respect to International Private Air Law matters, there shall be taken into account the experience of the CITEJA in its formation, organization and its Secretariat in order that the advantages thereof may be preserved. 3. That any member State so desiring shall have the right to appoint one or more representatives on such Committee and that the member States whose nominees are now members of the CITEJA be requested to place at the disposal of such Committee the expert personnel previously made available by them to the CITEJA together with all reports in the course of preparation or study by such expert personnel. 4. That the CITEJA be invited to place at the disposal of the said Committee its records and archives and any secretarial staff suitable for employment by the Organization. 5. That the Interim Council undertake as -soon as possible the necessary planning for the establishment of a Legal Committee in the Permanent Organization, and to that end that the Interim Council be authorized to consult with the Secretary General of the CITEJA. 3—A 9

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