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Blair Backs FIA Safety Campaign |
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| UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has given his full and vocal support to the Make Roads Safe campaign, led by the FIA and FIA Foundation. The film also includes interviews and words of support from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton and musician Moby. |
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Schumacher Urges
Action to Cut Road Deaths |
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Seven-time Formula One world champion
Michael Schumacher issued a powerful message on road safety
in a comment piece for UK newspaper The Guardian in
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build-up to the first UN Global Road Safety week.
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Make
Roads Safe Campaign Goes Global |
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The Make
Roads Safe campaign, led by the FIA and the FIA Foundation,
reached fever pitch at
the start of UN Road Safety Week, with high profile press
events launched simultaneously around the world.
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Formula One Supports UN Road Safety Week |
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The sport of Formula One has demonstrated
its support for the first United Nations Road Safety Week
with a number of activities.
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Wurz Talks Safety at Youth Assembly |
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WilliamsF1 driver Alex Wurz addressed the World Youth Assembly for Road Safety in Geneva as part of UN Global Road Safety Week.
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FIA Greenlights Green-Fuel Championship |
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| In one of the first developments
of its kind the FIA World Touring Car Championship is set
to run on bio-fuel from 2009 after the FIA World Motor
Sport Council gave unanimous support for the
initiative. |
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WHO Cites Road Crashes As Biggest Killer |
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The World Health Organisation has
placed road traffic accidents ahead of Aids, cancer or any
other disease, as the biggest killer of young people globally.
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Clubs Gear Up for Road Safety |
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National
automobile clubs played a key role leading events during
UN Road Safety Week. Many clubs embraced the
Make Roads
Safe campaign using
it as a basis to help educate the public about road safety.
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FIA Clubs Call for Immediate Action on ESC |
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| The FIA World Council for Mobility & the Automobile has ratified a policy position on Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and called for increased take-up of the life-saving technology worldwide. |
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Bahrain Circuit Awarded FIA Institute Centre of Excellence |
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The Bahrain International Circuit has
been appointed as the FIA Institute’s Centre of Excellence
for 2007. The circuit will be utilised to host safety seminars
and train motor sport officials and will act as a hub for
improving motor sport safety standards across the Middle
East region.
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Interview:
Crown Prince Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa |
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In a revealing interview the Crown Prince of Bahrain talks to Automotive about the FIA Institute Centre of Excellence award, the economic impact of the Bahrain circuit on the Gulf region and his ambitious plans for the future.
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Bahrain Takes Pride in Excellence |
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| The Bahrain International Circuit organised a number of activities over the Grand Prix weekend in recognition of its selection as the FIA Institute Centre of Excellence for 2007. |
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Rally For Safer
Roads – In Pictures |
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Photos from the day of the Rally for Safer Roads
event, held in Central London, which included presentations
from Michael Schumacher and FIA President Max Mosley.
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UN
Forum Hears Ministerial Pledge |
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The Government
of Oman has confirmed that it will introduce a resolution
to the United Nations calling for a UN Ministerial Conference
on road safety – a key demand of the FIA Foundation’s
Make Roads Safe campaign.
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Choose ESC!
Launch |
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| A major pan European information
campaign ‘Choose ESC!’ is being launched at
the Bridgestone European Testing Ground near Rome, Italy
on 8 May. |
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