“The best thing is when you pass out, because then the pain stops.” That is a quote from a University student in Hama contained in a report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the large scale practice of torture in Syria. No one should ever have to experience anything like that.
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On 2 March 2010, the General Assembly adopted resolution 64/255, which proclaimed the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011- 2020, with the goal of stabilizing and reducing the rates of road-traffic fatalities around the world. The draft resolution before us today (A/66/L.43) follows up that resolut…