traveller facilitation

We live in a time of incredible technological innovation and digitization.  Many aspects of our daily lives have been successfully digitized.  Take the way we exchange and spend money. Though there was a time when we hid cash in our…
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There was no playbook for how to respond to a global pandemic. For more than two years, the world was in a crisis. Issuing authorities saw a huge reduction in applications for travel documents as COVID-19 reduced international travel from…
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At the 17th ICAO Traveler Identification Programme (TRIP) Symposium that took place from 13-15 September 2022 in Montréal, the UN specialized aviation agency demonstrated its commitment to further enhance global aviation’s post-pandemic…
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The key implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for global air transport were addressed in several key air transport facilitation decisions adopted during ICAO’s 41st Assembly. Before the triennial meeting closed at ICAO Headquarters in…
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Under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, persons with disabilities have the same international rights as other citizens, such as accessibility, and full and effective participation and inclusion in…
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The ICAO Council has adopted a new set of international Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) addressing national civil aviation responses to public health emergencies and the security and inspection of travel and related health…
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The COVID-19 pandemic had disastrous effects on the movement of passengers at airports around the world. The plethora of non-standardized, health-related documents and proofs required to travel meant that airline check-in agents and border…
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ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar recently signed a new cooperative agreement with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office (UNOCT) to further advance joint counter-terrorism cooperation to strengthen the security of…
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