| In recent years the need for greater transparency within international organizations has been a focal point for the international community. The result of numerous debates has represented significant changes of the public information disclosure policies of organizations' programs, resolutions, and decisions. The International Civil Aviation Organization has been a pioneer and innovator in this respect. Not only the vast majority of its documentation is accessible to the public, but also it has transformed one of its surveillance programs into a window of information for the international aviation community. The disclosure of the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme's information has generated different results. In order to analyze the implications of transparency within the program, the author analyzes its evolution process to achieve full transparency and assesses the subsequent results of disclosing audit information in the following areas: safety, economic and political, and legal. |
