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2 sheds
No.
What are you suggesting that ICAO "says otherwise"? If you could quote references, it would be useful.
2 s
Maybe I missed the point, but the VMC minima is the same for all controlled airspaces, so in that respect class D is no different from any of the other, except you can ask for Special VFR in control zones. It's not supposed to act as a "controlled class G" when it comes to VMC minima.
So besides the ability of the pilots to actually do as Annex 2 states, which I see as a training issue. I don't see any reason for removing this minima... unless you take more responsibility from the pilots by providing separation between more or less all flights since, as stated earlier, you remove the ability for aircraft to "aquire" each other is sufficient time to avoid each other.