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David
Ward, FIA Foundation Director General, said: “This
new UN resolution, supported by more than 80 countries, sends
a strong political signal that road safety is a global concern.”
Approval
for the initiative was one element of a new road safety resolution
passed by the General Assembly in New York
on October 26th 2005. The resolution also invites Member
States to implement the recommendations of the World Report
on Road Traffic Injury Prevention and to instigate a World
Day of Remembrance for the victims of road traffic crashes
on the third Sunday in November every year.
The FIA Foundation
participated in a briefing session for member states officials
in New York prior to the UN debate
on improving global road safety. The briefing panel also
included representatives of the World Bank and the World
Health Organisation. It was chaired by Ambassador Fuad Al
Hinai of
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Oman, who tabled
the resolution.
The
first ever United Nations Global Road Safety Week is scheduled
to take place in the week beginning 23rd April 2007. It will
take as its theme road safety for young road users, including
young drivers.
Ward added: “The UN support for a global road safety week in 2007 means
that the FIA Foundation and FIA automobile clubs now have a very strong platform
on which to raise the profile of road safety at a national and international
level.”
The UN Road Safety Collaboration, mandated by a previous resolution in 2004 to
coordinate an international response to road traffic injuries, was praised by
the General Assembly for its work to date. The FIA Foundation will host the next
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