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A Global Mandate for Action
2008: UN General Assembly endorses proposal for a Ministerial Conference, which the Russian Federation offers to host. A million name petition is presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon by the Make Roads Safe campaign. Commission for Global Road Safety and FIA Foundation organise ‘Safer Roads’ conference, bringing together the major development banks and donors at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London to discuss safe road infrastructure. MDBs hold first inter-bank meeting on harmonising road safety policies. Commission for Global Road Safety meets in St Petersburg at the invitation of the Russian Government, and proposes a ‘Decade of Action’ with a goal to reduce road fatalities by 50% from their projected 2020 level.
A million name petition is presented to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon by the Make Roads Safe campaign, 2008.
Make Roads Safe global ambassador Michelle Yeoh launches ‘Call for a Decade of Action’ with a march by 2000 children in Ho Chi Minh City. 2009: Commission for Global Road Safety publishes second report ‘Make Roads Safe: A Decade of Action for Road Safety’ in Rome. Momentum builds with many governments and public figures endorsing the campaign. First global meeting of road safety NGOs is held in Brussels, organised by WHO. WHO publishes ‘Global Status Report on Road Safety’ with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies. MDBs publish ‘Joint Statement’ committing to prioritise road safety in their road infrastructure programmes.
HRH Prince Michael of Kent speaking at the launch of the report ‘Make Roads Safe: A Decade of Action for Road Safety’ in Rome, 2009.
First Ministerial Conference on Road Safety held in Moscow in November 2009, opened by President Medvedev of Russia. Conference endorses ‘Decade of Action’. Bloomberg Philanthropies announce US$125 million, five year, donation to road safety programmes, targeting 10 countries with high levels of road death and injury. 2010: UN General Assembly approves UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, with the goal to ‘stabilise and reduce’ road deaths by 2020. Global Plan for the Decade of Action is launched to support the development of national and local plans of action, and to provide a framework for coordinated global and regional activities.
UN General Assembly approves UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 in a resolution led by the Russian Federation, 2010.
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