Heightened global security concerns led the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to set a deadline of 2015 for governments to equip passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. In 2003, ICAO adopted a global plan for the implementation of not just machine-readable passports but also for the use of biometric identifiers in all of its 188 member countries.
[This article was published in the August 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In September 2005, the United Nations (UN) will hold a high level plenary meeting which is also referred to as a summit, to review the implementation of the Millennium Declaration (2000), and the integrated follow-up to the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields.
[This article was published in the July 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Martus Project is a free software and open source technology tool, launched in 2003 with the potential to dramatically improve global human rights.
