Special passport aims to ease Interpol access on-site
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DOHA — They may not have diplomatic passports but Interpol police and experts should be able to cross borders more easily thanks to a new blue passport for the global policing organization.
The goal of the new passports, approved on Monday at the Interpol general assembly in Doha, is to save time in the event of crisis, disaster or attack, and allow investigators and specialists to reach the site as soon as possible.
“Criminals can cross borders quickly and effortlessly,” Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble said, “while the leaders of our central national bureaus and even headquarters staff are slowed or blocked by formalities.”
For 18 months, Interpol experts have been working with private suppliers on the creation of “Interpol travel documents,” which will include a passport booklet and identification card with electronic chips.
A resolution adopted by the general assembly “encouraged member states to adopt the travel documents and to grant special privileges for obtaining visas to their holders.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101112com6.html
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