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The convention officially came into force on the 4th of April 1947. The last session of the provisional group ran from the 29th of April 1947 until the 7th of May 1947 before this transition occurred.
The organization maintains its headquarters in Montreal Quebec Canada alongside seven regional offices and one sub-office spread across the globe. Bangkok Thailand hosts the Asia and Pacific office with a sub-office in Beijing China while Nairobi Kenya serves Eastern and Southern Africa.
Albert Roper served as the first Secretary General from 1944 until 1951. He was followed by Carl Ljungberg who served until 1959 and Ronald MacAllister Macdonnell who held the post from 1959 until 1964.
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 met a similar fate when a Soviet Su-15 interceptor brought it down on the 1st of September 1983 near Moneron Island west of Sakhalin Island. The incident killed all two hundred sixty-nine souls aboard including U.S. Representative Larry McDonald.
On the 2nd of May 2025 the Council expressed grave concern over ongoing Global Navigation Satellite System radio frequency interference in the Incheon Flight Information Region. Incidents had persisted since the 2nd of October 2024 and were attributed to North Korea officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.