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AAMVA's International DL/ID
Travel document calling AAMVA's latest effort to standardize drivers licenses across the US "a move towards a national ID" is misleading at best. The reality is that the AAMVA is carrying out a United Nation's-backed plan to implement a standardized international identification and travel document system in every country around the world.
The International Standards Organization (ISO) operates as the coordinating force for this UN-backed international identification and travel document effort.
The ISO's Joint Technical Committee for Information Technology (JTC1), Subcommittee for Identification Cards and Related Devices (SC17), has already adopted hundreds of standards covering all of the elements and components that make up the identification document and associated information technology system.
The ISO is a non-governmental body which functions at the pleasure of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), (among other UN entities), which are part of the "United Nations System of Organizations" http//www.unsystem.org/ http//www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html http//www.itu.int/home/index.html Operating under ISO JTC1/SC17 is Working Group 10, which is responsible for instituting "International Standards for Driver License Documents" around the world.
More than one hundred-and-forty countries participate in the ISO effort, all working to adopt the exact same standards for IDs and travel documents.
Each country has its own standards organization which works internally to institute ISO standards through various social and political methods.
The push to institute international identification and travel documents (using driver licenses) is no different than what we have previously reported with regard to the UN-backed social security system (implemented in more than 140 countries), and the "Know Your Customer" program carried out under OECD/FATF.
Clearly, the AAMVA's latest move towards institution of standardized driver licenses -- using the 9-11 terrorist attack as an excuse -- is merely a ruse and another step towards the goal to implement international travel documents in accordance with the UN-backed, ISO/JTC1/SC17/WG10 agenda for standardization of drivers licenses.
The groups and individuals working to institute the international ID could not have planned it better. ---- Standards - International Standard for the Driver License http//www.aamva.org/standards/stdWG10Overview.asp Working Group 10 International Standard for the Driver/Driving License Document ISO/JTC1/SC17/WG10 The work towards an international standard for the driver license is done within the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) Joint Technical Committee for Information Technology (JTC1), Subcommittee for Identification Cards and Related Devices (SC17).
The international standard establishes guidelines in the format and content of motor vehicle driver licenses (DLs) to support the requirements of national or regional motor vehicle authorities and international conventions. It creates a common basis for international use and recognition of DLs without impeding individual national and regional authorities in taking care of their specific needs. An ISO DL is a document issued by a government agency, granting an individual permission to drive a motor vehicle within that agency's jurisdiction or region with the goal of ensuring the safety of individuals and property.
DLs and related documents are defined within the standard, in a broad framework of categories as documents for separate uses or function including passenger vehicles, commercial transport vehicles, other related traffic safety applications (e.g. transport driver recorder card) and other card functions at the discretion of individual national/regional motor vehicle authorities. They can be enhanced by the adoption of machine-readable technologies.
The standard does not propose a global system standard for DLs outside the actual document.
It addresses the following card aspects and technologies * Physical characteristics * Magnetic stripe * Optical memory * Integrated circuit cards with contacts * Integrated circuit cards without contacts * Bar codes- one and two dimensional * Optical character recognition * Digital (digitized) images and signature The standard defines several optional techniques including their related process, to be used at the option of the relevant national and regional authorities. It additionally addresses options related to the security framework for technologies and their related process. This includes but is not limited to security features, encryption, digital certificates, etc.
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1.1 JTC1/SC17 STATEMENT OF SCOPE "Standardization in the area of identification cards and related devices for use in interindustry applications and international interchange." This is interpreted to cover all standardization concerning personal identification and/or cards. --- WG10 (Working Group 10) - Motor vehicle drivers license and related documents NP 18013 Identification cards - Motor vehicle drivers licenses ---
The following countries are among the members of the ISO, and each is working to adopt the same travel document standards as pushed for by the AAMVA in the USA
http//www.iso.ch/iso/en/aboutiso/introduction/MemberList.MemberSumm ary?MEMB ERCODE=10 Algeria; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Croatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Ecuador; Egypt; Ethiopia; Finland; France; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Korea, Democratic People's Republic; Korea, Republic of; Kuwait; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Luxembourg; Malaysia; Malta; Mauritius; Mexico; Mongolia; Morocco; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nigeria; Norway; Pakistan; Panama; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; USA; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Viet Nam; Yugoslavia; Zimbabwe.
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