How long does it take ICAO to create/approve a new Flight Information Region(FIR)?
Occasionally FIRs are split because of various reasons. The question is how long ICAO takes to approve the new FIRs creation.
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It’s the ICAO Council that would approve a Flight Information Region (FIR). The Council meets three times a year.
You can have a look at Doc 7559/11 - Rules of Procedure for the Council, at the following rules:
Rule 22 A Provisional Work Programme of each session of the Council shall be prepared by the Secretary General after consultation with the President and presented to the Council for approval. The presentation to the Council should normally, and wherever practicable, be made during the preceding session. The Council should indicate the priority which it attaches to the consideration of the various items in the Provisional Work Programme.
Rule 23 In preparing the Provisional Work Programme, the Secretary General shall include therein:
a) subjects which require consideration by the Council by virtue of provisions of the Convention or other international agreement;
b) subjects to be considered by virtue of decisions of the Assembly or decisions taken by the Council at a previous session;
Rule 25 The Order of Business for each meeting shall be prepared by the Secretary General and approved by the President.
Rule 33 A majority of the Members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of the business of the Council.
Rule 52 In the event of a tie vote, a second vote on the motion concerned shall be taken at the next meeting of the Council, unless by a majority of the votes cast the Council decides that such second vote be taken during the meeting at which the tie vote took place. Unless there is a majority in favour of the motion on the second vote, it shall be considered lost.
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$\begingroup$ While this may be factual, it doesn't actually answer the question. Is it guaranteed that a FIR split will be addressed and approved/denied at the very next meeting, or might it carry on for discussion over a couple of meetings? A quote from the ICAO rules would help support your answer. $\endgroup$– FreeManCommented Apr 15 at 12:39
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$\begingroup$ Still doesn't really answer the question of "how long". Or, if it does, it's very unclear to me. This looks like it could be at the next meeting, but that (rule 22) it might not even be addressed at the next meeting ("normally and wherever practicable...") and if it is, what you've provided doesn't show that there must be a vote at this meeting - motions can be tabled, or, if it is voted on, rule 52 states that the normal course of action is to vote at the next meeting... $\endgroup$– FreeManCommented Apr 19 at 12:16
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$\begingroup$ The only real measure, IMHO, would be to show some metrics of actual past FIR split requests and how long they actually took to be approved/denied. $\endgroup$– FreeManCommented Apr 19 at 12:16