60 5. Improving global road safety

The focus on safer roads will enable us to deal with the need to improve road design, construction and management.

Everyone has a responsibility to keep our roads safe.

The part States will play at all levels is crucial to achieve road safety.

A year ago, the State Council held a forum on road safety.

The importance of road safety has to be ingrained in everyone.

We support the involvement of the regional commissions, as well as other international agencies, to address the issue of road safety and assist national Governments in instituting measures aimed at enhancing road safety in their respective countries.

I'm sure his report will give Hill House a clean bill of health.

Both meetings highlighted the importance of road safety within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals.

Its Road Traffic Safety Act came into force on 1 May 2004.

Malaysia has indeed taken serious measures to improve road safety and reduce fatalities.

Convinced that responsibility for road safety rests at the local, municipal and national levels,

Convinced that responsibility for road safety rests at the local, municipal and the national levels,

The goal of these events was to plan how to tackle the issue of road safety.

Road safety remains a neglected and growing public health and development issue.

In the last two decades, the Government has taken numerous steps to improve road safety in Singapore.

In 2004, the Government placed the issue of road safety on the national agenda.

Awards have also been instituted at various levels to recognize important contributions made to road safety.

The document reflects the road safety profiles of partner organizations that participated in the first meeting, containing an overview of each organization's road safety activities, and provides contacts for focal points to facilitate communication.

That is reflective of the broad support and attention given to the need to tackle the question of road safety.

Assistance is also needed to finance awareness campaigns among the population on road safety.

The meetings of the Road Safety Collaboration have allowed smaller groups with common interests to meet separately and discuss road safety issues.

Those are regarded as basic prerequisites to tackle the road safety problem in Fiji.

The Convention on Road Traffic, commonly known as the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, is an international treaty designed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by establishing standard traffic rules among the contracting parties.

The project will focus on research aimed at assisting high level decision making on road safety priorities identifying the progress required to meet national targets analysing the funding of road safety measures and describing issues concerning resource allocation.

The fifth, and final, E enforcement forms an integral part of road safety management.

Road safety is a very important issue that continues to affect each and every one of us in one way or another.

This includes the adoption of safety promoting designs, construction, rehabilitation and upgrading procedures in land use planning and improvements in road networks.

(e) Encourage Member States to include road safety within their projects aimed at tackling the Millennium Development Goals

Greenhouse Friendly certification is provided only after an objective and independent verification process.

Reaffirms the importance of addressing global road safety issues and the need for the further strengthening of international cooperation, taking into account the needs of developing countries, by building capacities in the field of road safety, and providing financial and technical support for their efforts

2. Reaffirms the importance of addressing global road safety issues and the need for the further strengthening of international cooperation, taking into account the needs of developing countries, by building capacities in the field of road safety, and providing financial and technical support for their efforts

Representatives from 42 organizations have attended the two meetings,1 which have allowed the participants to share their experiences and expertise in road safety.

Seminar on the General Assembly discussion on Global road safety (organized by the World Health Organization)

In the area of encouragement, the plan involves setting up an effective road safety executive structure and a multidisciplinary working group to make strategic changes aimed at enhancing road safety in Singapore.

On 7 April 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) dedicated World Health Day to the topic of road safety.

It is hoped that the document will provide a valuable resource to those working or intending to work in road safety.

It is equally important for automobile manufacturers to constantly review their engineering processes and designs in the interest of promoting road safety.

The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A 60 L.8, entitled Improving global road safety .

Over the years, the Government of Singapore, working with the private sector, has launched campaigns, road safety talks, exhibitions and even videos promoting road safety.

In its resolution 58 289, entitled Improving global road safety , the General Assembly recognized the need for the United Nations system to support efforts to address the global road safety crisis.

A 60 L.8 Add.1 Item 60 Global road safety crisis 85 Power draft resolution Improving global road safety A C E F R S

(h) Encourage Member States to become parties to the Conventions on Road Traffic and Road Signs and Signals and to bring their national legislation into conformity with those Conventions in order to ensure a high level of road safety in their countries

Providing funds to the United Nations regional commissions is also crucial in order to ensure their active contribution to improving road safety in their regions.

(c) Recognize and encourage existing or new road safety initiatives by the relevant United Nations agencies and international partners