International Agreement on North Atlantic Ocean Weather

Stations.

The Governments of Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, being Member States of the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (hereinafter called „the Organization") and being desirous to provide the ï\orth Atlantic region with adequate air navigation facilities for safe, regular and economie air services in accordance with the general aims and objectives of the Organization, have agreed as follows:

Article 1.

(1) Ocean weather stations shall be operated and maintained at appropriate locations in the North Atlantic region as hereinafter provided, beginning not later than July lst 1947.

(2) Each signatory Government shall use its best endeavours to commence the operation of the ocean weather stations as soon as possible before that date.

Article 2.

(1) The locations of the ocean weather stations shall be initially as specified in annex I hereof. The location of any ocean weather station may be changed, by the Council of the Organization, with the consent of the Government or Governments responsible for the station.

/ (2) Tiie services to be performed by the ocean weather stations shall be as specified in annex I hereof and shall be carried 0-1j Gove™me«ts and groups of Government as herein provided. The Organization shall co-ordinate the general program of the operation of the stations. It shall keep the International Meteorological Organization advised of any action taken by it in connection with each co-ordination and shall invite the International Meteorological Organization to send representatives to participate in any meetings called for the purpose of accomplishing such co-ordination.

(3) The terms of annex I may be amended by the Council of the Organization, with the consent of any Government whose financial or operating obligations would 'be directly affected tliereby, and the Council may provide for any such amendment