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Replacing a conventional passport with digital travel credentials
In recent years, industry and governments have been exploring ways to use digital traveller information more effectively to be able to facilitate people through the various airport checkpoints in a more seamless and customer-centric way. An…
ICAO and the Decade of Action
On 22 January 2020, the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, outlined his priorities for the year and kicked-off the Decade of Action. His message was clear: with just ten years to go, a global effort is required to…
ICAO’s efforts in the international Coronavirus response
ICAO is continuing to assist in the coordination of the international response to the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak through the ICAO Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil…
Addressing the World Economic Forum
Addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu contributed to a range of WEF sessions on topics relating to drones and urban air mobility, medical applications for unmanned aircraft…
Could Westeros have been saved?
Those who have seen the last season of Game of Thrones will recall that Westeros was destroyed and its inhabitants tragically killed by a fire-breathing dragon and its malevolent rider, Daenerys Targaryen. Daenerys had used unusual travel…
ICAO and national regulators roll-out CART Phase II guidelines with new round of regional…
As civil aviation regulatory heads from around the world took part in the latest round of recovery coordination meetings hosted virtually by the agency’s Regional Offices, ICAO made further progress on its global aviation pandemic response…