UN Secretary-General releases latest report on Improving global road safety
UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, has released his latest report on road safety. Developed with support from WHO in consultation with the United Nations regional commissions and other partners of the UN Road Safety Collaboration, the report reviews implementation of the various UN General Assembly resolutions on road safety during the period October 2009 - August 2011.
World unites to halt death and injury on the road
Governments, international agencies, civil society organizations and private companies from more than 100 countries are launching the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. From Tanzania to Sri Lanka and from Namibia to Mexico, presidents and prime ministers are expressing their commitment and launching national plans for the Decade. To symbolize the launch, national monuments are illuminated with the road safety "tag", the new symbol for the Decade, from New York City, to Rio de Janeiro, Warsaw, Sydney, Moscow, Colombo and Geneva. These events mark the start of the Decade which seeks to save 5 million lives over the ten-year period.
