A specialised agency of the United Nations. Focused on changing the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
Their international authority differs them from other air transport organisations and gives them the ability to ensure adoption of a range of international standards.
Most of the ICAO’s work focuses on adopting standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, its infrastructure, flight inspection, prevention of unlawful interference and facilitating border-crossing procedures for international civil aviation