Road safety has been and remains one of the today’s most pressing issues. Deaths and injuries in road traffic accidents pose a serious threat to global health and have a very negative impact on social and economic progress and sustainable development.
The inclusion of road safety in the agenda of t…
Road safety continues to be one of the most
pressing challenges for large cities. The problem is of no less importance for towns and urban settlements. The international community’s recognition of the seriousness of road safety issues provided a strong impetus to active measures undertaken by natio…
Today’s consideration of the issue of road safety is of the utmost importance in the context the efforts being made by the international community in the field of development. Mortality and injury in road accidents are not only a major global public health problem; they also have a negative impact o…
The Russian Federation, along with a number of other countries, has submitted to the sixty-second session of the General Assembly a draft resolution entitled “Improving global road safety” (A/62/L.43). We hope that it will enjoy the Assembly’s support, because the issue of road safety is now more im…
Road traffic injuries continue to be among the most urgent socio-economic problems facing the world community. The Secretary-General’s report “Global road safety crisis” and the report of the World Health Organization (WHO) fully illustrate the urgency of the problem and lay out a strategy for the i…
