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ICAO: biometrics featured at global symposium on machine readable travel documents

Montreal, Canada - The appointment at Montreal for September 29-30

"On 29 and 30 September 2005, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will hold a global symposium on Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTDs) and biometric-enhanced e-passports, at its Headquarters in Montreal. All of ICAO’s 188 Contracting States must begin issuing only ICAO-standard Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) no later than 1 April 2010. Some 110 States currently do so and a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 125439
Rome, Italy, 08/19/2005 16:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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