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1520 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. relating to routes, services, landing rights, airport facil- ities, or other international air matters to which any member State or any airline of a member State is a party. 3. Supervise and coordinate the work of: a. The Committee on Air Transport, whose func- tions shall be to: (1) Observe, correlate, and continuously report upon the facts concerning the origin and volume of international air traffic and the relation of such traffic, or the demand therefor, to the facilities actually provided. (2) Request, collect, analyze and report on in- formation with respect to subsidies, tariffs, and costs of operation. (3) Study any matters affecting the organiza- tion and operation of international air services, including the international ownership and opera- tion of international trunk lines. (4) Study and report with recommendations to the Assembly as soon as practicable on the matters on which it has not been possible to reach agree- ment among the nations represented at the Inter- national Civil Aviation Conference, convened in Chicago, November 1, 1944, in particular the mat- ters comprehended within the headings of Articles II, X, XI, and XII of Conference Document 422, together with Conference Documents 384, 385, 400, 407, and 429, and all other documentation relating thereto. b. The Committee on Air Navigation, whose functions shall be to: (1) Study, interpret and advise on standards and procedures with respect to communications systems and air navigation aids, including ground marks; rules of the air and air traffic control prac- tices; standards governing the licensing of operat- ing and mechanical personnel; airworthiness of aircraft; registration and identification of air- craft; meteorological protection of international aeronautics; log books and manifests; aeronautical maps and charts; airports; customs, immigration, and quarantine procedure; accident investigation, including search and salvage; and the further uni- fication of numbering and systems of dimensioning and specification of dimensions used in connection with international air navigation. (2) Recommend the adoption, and take all pos- sible steps to secure the application, of minimum