76/294 GA
Political declaration of the high-level meeting on improving global road safety
76
Session
| Draft symbol | A/76/L.70 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 76/294 |
| UN Document | 76/294 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/76/PV.90
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
Before giving the floor for explanations of vote after the voting, may I remind delegations that explanations are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
I now give the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation.
Mr. Chumakov
I thank you, Mr. President, for your personal efforts to ensure the adoption of the political declaration on improving global road safety (resolution 76/294). We are also grateful to the Chef de Cabinet of your Office, Ambassador Nagaraj Naidu Kakanur, and the World Health Organization’s office at the United Nations in New York for their outstanding contribution to the preparation of this positiv…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the voting.
I take this opportunity to once again extend my sincere appreciation to all Member States for their constructive engagement and support during this process, which enabled agreement on a concise and action-oriented political declaration, as mandated by resolution 75/308. I would also like to express my appreciation to His Exc…
Mr. Bausch
Let me first thank you, Mr. President, for convening this high-level meeting of the General Assembly on improving global road safety, and for your efforts that enabled us to adopt the political declaration by consensus this morning (resolution 76/294). Despite all the other crises we are facing today, including climate change, poverty, hunger, health crises such as the global pandemic, as well as…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Wee Ka Siong, Minister of Transport of Malaysia.
Mr. Siong
Allow me to speak briefly about Malaysia’s efforts to improve road safety.
In line with our commitments under the second United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021- 2030 and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the Government of Malaysia, in collaboration with regional state governments, industry partners, non-governmental agencies and other road safety partners, is working hard to …
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Alexis Guerrera, Minister of Transport of Argentina.
Mr. Guerrera
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, and the President of the General Assembly, Minister Abdulla Shahid, for having convened this high-level meeting that is so important to safeguarding the security and lives of our citizens.
In Argentina, we have done sterling work with respect to road safety. The latest statistics show that the number of fatalities caused by road …
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Audley Shaw, Minister of Transport and Mining of Jamaica.
Mr. Shaw
Jamaica is pleased to participate in the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on improving global road safety with a view to tackling the plague of road crashes and fatalities. We welcome the sincere efforts of this body.
Globally, road traffic crashes cause nearly 1.3 million preventable deaths and an estimated 50 million injuries each year, and they are the leading killer of children
an…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Chanthol Sun, Minister of Public Works and Transport of Cambodia.
Mr. Sun
Road accidents are a major cause of death in Cambodia. Each day, an average of five people are killed and 10 are injured on the roads in Cambodia. According to a study by the United Nations Development Programme, Cambodia incurs a loss of approximately 2.5 to 3 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) per year owing to road accidents.
The Royal Government of Cambodia established the National…
The President
I now give the floor to Her Excellency Ms. Aishath Nahula, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation of the Maldives.
Ms. Nahula
Let me thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this high-level meeting on improving global road safety, as part of the second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030. I would also like to congratulate Member States and all stakeholders on having successfully adopted an action-oriented political declaration (resolution 76/294). I am confident in our ability to generate the further politic…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Mahamoudou Zampaligre, Minister of Transport, Urban Mobility and Road Safety of Burkina Faso.
Mr. Zampaligre
At the outset, I should like to express my appreciation and gratitude to the United Nations for having involved Burkina Faso in this high-level meeting. It gives us the welcome opportunity to share our views on global road safety based on our own experiences and those of others, and on the role of the United Nations in that area.
Allow me to extend my warm greetings to you, Mr. President, and to…
The President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Tomas Eneroth, Minister of Infrastructure of Sweden.
Mr. Eneroth
Each year, 1.3 million people are killed in road traffic accidents. Road traffic injuries are the most common cause of death among young people globally. That is not acceptable. We must inject a sense of urgency into our road safety ambitions. In the past, road safety has been isolated from other policy areas and treated almost as a separate process. But now we have learned that more can be achie…
The Acting President
I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Deligne Ascención Burgos, Minister of Public Works and Communications of the Dominican Republic.
Mr. Ascención Burgos
Recent decades have shown that effective and comprehensive road safety strategies can reduce the number of people killed or injured in road traffic accidents. The vast majority of road accidents worldwide take place in lowand middle-income countries, disproportionately impacting the poorest. They are the leading cause of death among young people aged between 15 and 29 years, which means they are …
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