More than 140 of the International Civil Aviation Organization's 190 member states have agreed that ICAO may publish the results of the organization's Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP)reaveling standards at their national aviation authorities. Not all results are flattering, but the summaries are now transparent and can be viewed by ordinary travellers." The fact that most states have authorized ICAO to go public means they recognise the critical safety benefit of transparency," says Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, incumbert president of the council.
