By Toby McIntosh The United States is continuing to withhold about $2 million from the International Civil Aviation Organization because of “continuing concerns” that ICAO…
By Toby McIntosh The Indian government routinely blocks public disclosure of key documents about proposed World Bank projects in India, according to an examination of…
The refusal by the Tanzanian government to release data about the number of cases and deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic for six weeks has drawn…
By Toby McIntosh The International Civil Aviation Organization does not make public a calendar of its committee meetings, nor are the meetings open to observe.…
By Toby McIntosh A report on “civil society space” prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) overstates the number of…
By Toby McIntosh The adoption of virtual meeting technology to conduct meetings at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) does not mean sharing screens with…
By Toby McIntosh Improvising governments worldwide are providing uneven information about the Covid-19 pandemic and their efforts combat it, operating without an international standard on…
The Secretariat of the International Civil Aviation Organizations “has encouraged” the ICAO governing Council “to consider permitting greater public access to its discussions while they…
By Toby McIntosh Two United Nations agencies have taken significant steps into the new world of virtual meetings — the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and…
Multilateral organizations are struggling to figure out how to operate without holding in-person gatherings. As a first response to the Covid-19 pandemic, international organization (IOs)…