Earlier this month ICAO announced from Montreal that the 10th Machinereadable Travel Document (MRTD) Symposium got underway at its ICAO HQ with over 500 participants from every region of the world reaffirming ICAO’s leadership in strengthening the security and efficiency of air transportation.

Having met its 2010 deadline for the introduction of machine-readable passports on a comprehensive global basis, and responding to calls from States on the need to expand the scope of its guidance and assistance to ensure a more robust and secure global travel document regime, ICAO recently began to evolve its MRTD programme to assist States in the establishment of holistic traveller identification management systems.