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Mr. Jean Todt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Road Safety, Distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen, It is my pleasure to join you in this important partnership meeting, as road safety continues to be a serious concern globally as well as in the Asia-Pacific region. ...

Smart transport systems, including Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), have been adopted over the last decade and have proved their benefits as a key enabler of reducing road crashes and traffic congestion, and enhancing environmental sustainability in the Asia-Pacific region. Some countries in...

Creating safe and inclusive road transport has become a matter of global concern, as the human and economic burdens that road crashes produce hamper sustainable development. For members of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), road safety is a major challenge. Most of...

Road safety is among our great sustainable transport development challenges. Despite several global and regional interventions, the challenge remained unresolved during the last decade as targeted in the Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020).1  As a follow-up, on 31 August 2020, the...

Mr. Jean Todt, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety  Ms. Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of ECE   Ms. Rola Dashti, Executive Secretary of ESCWA  Dear Colleagues,  It is my great pleasure to join you in this...

Mr. Jean Todt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Road Safety, Excellency Mr. Viengsavah Sipadone, Minister of Public works and Transport of Lao PDR Excellency Mr. Alexander Gorovoy, First Deputy Minister of Interior of the Russian Federation, Excellency Dr. Maria Catalina Cabral,...

Creating safe and inclusive road transport has become a matter of global and regional concern, as the human and economic burden that road crashes produce severely temper sustainable development. Overall, ESCAP road deaths in 2016 amounted for 62% of all global road deaths.  Overall estimates...

Of the 59 United Nations legal instruments in inland transport, seven Conventions are priorities for accession towards improving road safety. One common benefit of acceding to the Conventions is that it provides an opportunity to be linked to the global network of experts and facilitates...