Annex A — Key developments in 2019–2025 2023: At the Global Refugee Forum, a multistakeholder pledge on refugee travel documents was launched. 2024: UNHCR submitted a working paper to the ICAO Facilitation Panel highlighting gaps and obstacles in travel documents for refugees and stateless persons. This led to updating terminology in Annex 9 (previously Standard 3.12 and now Standard 3.11 in the 17th edition). 2025: UNHCR released a public dashboard on travel documents and published Summary Conclusions from an Expert Roundtable on Travel Documents for Persons in Need of International Protection and Stateless Persons and established a corresponding Working Group on Travel Documents. ICAO issued the Doha Declaration which commits to MRCTD issuance. EUROPE 2020: Azerbaijan started issuing eMRCTDs valid for up to 5 years. | 2024: Serbia* started issuing MRCTDs valid for up to 5 years for refugees and for up to 1 year for subsidiary protection holders. AMERICAS 2023: Canada committed at the Global Refugee Forum to conduct research and share good practices. | 2024 and 2025: Mexico and Chile* began issuing eMRCTDs/MRCTDs. MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 2024–2025: In Egypt, draft asylum legislation is under consideration by the government, which includes a provision (Article 12) for providing refugee travel documents. ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Japan began issuing MRCTDs* and extended validity to up to 5 years under the amended immigration and refugee law. At the Global Refugee Forum, Kyrgyzstan pledged to begin issuing MRCTDs*, and Australia and New Zealand committed to support capacity building efforts to issue refugee travel documents. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 2019: Namibia* issued eMRCTDs. | 2020: Kenya* launched MRCTDs. | 2021: Sudan* began issuing MRCTDs (paused since 2023 due to conflict). Angola published Law No. 22/21 of October 18 enabling MRCTD issuance. | 2022– 2025: Senegal commenced work on implementation of the 2022 asylum law including an MRCTD provision. | 2023: Angola* began issuing MRTDs. At the Global Refugee Forum, Botswana, Chad, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Ethiopia, South Sudan committed to issue MRCTDs. | 2024: Burkina Faso* adopted a decree to extend the validity of eMRCTDs to 5 years. Malawi* and Zimbabwe* successfully transitioned to eMRCTDs. Taking steps towards issuance, South Sudan extended the validity period of MRCTDs to 5 years with the possibility to renew abroad. | 2025: Mali issued a decree on providing MRCTDs. * indicates countries that issue only CTDs for refugees and not stateless persons 8