Ratification of the Montreal Convention 1999 by the House of Representatives

23 August, 2018

On August 23, 2018, the Parliament ratified the proposal to accede to the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air 1999 ("Montreal Convention"), by a unanimous vote. The Government of Nepal ("GON") is currently in the process of depositing the acceded instrument to the International Civil Aviation Organization ("ICAO"). The Montreal Convention will come into force on the sixtieth day of deposit of the acceded instrument to the ICAO.

The proposal to accede to the Montreal Convention was tabled in the Parliament by the GON on August 8, 2018. For more information regarding the proposal, please follow the link below:
http://www.pradhanlaw.com/publications/proposal-to-accede-to-the-montreal-convention-1999