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so consistently with any obligation assumed by the United States in any treaty or agreement which may be enforced between the United States and any foreign county or foreign countries."

This section of the Federal Aviation Act remains in effect under the Department of Transportation through the new Act (Public Law 89-670, 89th Congress 2nd Session, 80 Stat. 931, Section 6). This is an implementation of the convention. There is a long standing principle that a treaty which is not self executing by its own terms must be implemented by an act of legislature, (see Foster v. Nielson (1829), 2 Pet. 253, 7 L.Ed. 415). The fact that some of the provisions of the Convention are self executing does not solve this problem. (See Aguilar v. Standard Oli Co. (1943) 318 U.S. 724, 738, 63 S.Ct. 930, 937, 87 L.Ed. 1107-- concurring opinions by Stone, C.J).

Annex 13 to ICAO 

If you wonder why I read only one ICAO article relating to aircraft accidents-- the answer is simple and direct, there are no other provisions. Within the four corners of Article 26 is contained the entire International Treaty Agreement on aircraft accident investigations. However, Article 26 does refer to: "Procedures which may be recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization."

Articles 37 and 38 of ICAO set out provisions for adoption of international standards and procedures, including a provision that a member state may file a Notice of Deviation from the International standards. Annex 13 to the convention on International Civil Aviation contains the standards and recommended practices for the Aircraft Accident Inquiry.