PHA-Exch> NEW GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION SEEKS TO CURB ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Vern Weitzel <vern at coombs.anu.edu.au>
crossposted from: "[health-vn discussion group]" health-vn at cairo.anu.edu.au

NEW GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION SEEKS TO CURB ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES
New York, Mar 31 2008  7:00PM
A new <"http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=a/62/l.43">resolution
passed
by the United Nations General Assembly today urges stepped up efforts to
boost
road global road safety.

According to a report of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon which was prepared by
the
UN World Health Organization (<"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/en/">WHO) and
its
partners, almost 1.2 million people are killed and millions more injured or
disabled due to road crashes every year, with road traffic injuries being
the
leading cause of death worldwide for those between the ages of 10 and 24.

Today's resolution, which was passed without a vote, called on Member States
to
support endeavours by low- and middle-income nations in setting their
national
road traffic casualty reduction targets.

It stressed the "importance of addressing global safety issues and the need
for
further strengthening international cooperation, taking into account the
needs
of developing countries by building capacities in the field of road safety,
and
providing financial and technical support for their efforts."

Additionally, the resolution appealed to Member States to continue observing
the
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, which falls on the third
Sunday of November annually.

The text also welcomed Russia's offer to host the first high-level
conference on
road safety next year which seeks to bring together government ministers and
others dealing transport, health, education, safety and other traffic law
enforcement issues.
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