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The proceedings278. On 30 October 2017, Qatar filed two complaints to the ICAO Council.279 On 19 March 2018, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE raised preliminary objections to the effect that the ICAO Council did not have the jurisdiction, or in the alternative, that the claims made by Qatar were inadmissible, on the grounds that the lawfulness of the countermeasures and Qatar’s compliance with critical obligations under international law are entirely unrelated to the Chicago Convention.280 The ICAO Council, at the eighth meeting of its 214th Session on 26 June 2018, rejected these preliminary objections by 23 votes to 4, with 6 abstentions.281 On 4 July 2018, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE appealed the ICAO Council’s decision to the ICJ, as provided for by Article 84 of the Chicago Convention, arguing that the ICAO council is not competent to adjudicate.282 On 14 July 2020, the ICJ rejected the appeal and held, by fifteen votes to one, 278 See ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ de ▇▇▇▇, “The End of Closed Airspace in the Middle East: A Final Move on the Regional Chess Board?”, (2021), 46, Air and Space Law, Issue 2, pp. 299-308. 279 On 30 October 2017, Qatar presented Application (A) and its corresponding Memorial under the terms of Article 84 of the Chicago Convention. Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were named as Respondents. The said Application (A) and its corresponding Memorial relate to a disagreement on the "interpretation and application of the Chicago Convention and its Annexes" following the referenced announcement by the Governments of the Respondents on 5 June 2017 "with immediate effect and without any previous negotiation or warning, that Qatar-registered aircraft are not permitted to fly to or from the airports within their territories and would be barred not only from their respective national air spaces, but also from their Flight Information Regions (FIRs) extend- ing beyond their national airspace even over the high seas". On 30 October 2017, Qatar also presented Application (B) and its corresponding Memorial under the terms of Article II, Section 2 of the International Air Services Transit Agreement (Transit Agreement) and Chapter XVIII of the Chicago Convention. Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were named as Respondents. Application (B) relates to a disagreement on the “interpretation and application” of the Transit Agreement, following the referenced announcement by the Governments of the Respondents on 5 June 2017 “wit...