[FYI] (Fwd) FC: U.N. meeting hears proposal for global human database, ID #s

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/2001/12/14/FFX058CU6VC.html 

   Refugees meeting hears proposal to register every human in
   GENEVA, Dec 13 AAP
   Published: Friday December 14, 7:18 AM

   Every person in the world would be fingerprinted and registered
   under a universal identification scheme to fight illegal
   immigration and people smuggling outlined at a United Nations
   meeting today.

   The plan was put forward by Pascal Smet, the head of Belgium's
   independent asylum review board, at a roundtable meeting with
   ministers including Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock
   this afternoon.

   Mr Smet said the European Union was already considering a
   Europe-wide system, using either fingerprints or eye scanning
   technology, to identify citizens.

   But he said the plan could be extended worldwide.

   "There are no technical problems. It is only a question of will and
   investment," he said.

   "If you look to our societies, we are already registered from birth
   until death. Our governments know who we are and what we are. But
   one of the basic problems is the numbers of people in the world who
   are not registered, who do not have a set identity, and when these
   people move with real or fake passports, you cannot identify them.

   [...]




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