UN approved 'Decade of Action on Road Safety'

10 Years from 2011-2020 is an international focus on global road safety, bring to the United Nations adopted proposals designed, save millions of lives.

The agreement follows petitions to the international community by the FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) of make roads safe campaign 2011 starting a so-called Decade of action for road safety required hatte.Die Group had his message met, the first global road safety Conference, meeting in Moscow last year, the Minister from 70 countries participated in November.

Make roads safe says that joined by decision making, the UN has to meet a rapidly increasing global problem.To 1.3 million are killed the campaign people worldwide each year in road accidents.

Without intervention of the international community it argued, would this figure be set "dramatically" during ansteigen.Es approaching 2020 claims however, that a "major co-ordinated approach" by 2020 can prevent five million deaths and 50 million injuries.

The 20-point UN resolution officially welcomes the Moscow Declaration, assign to 2011 and 2020 the World Health Organization calls the objective of stabilising and then the number of road deaths against current forecast levels reduzieren.Es and UN regional commissions lead an action plan with partners, to work during the entire decade to produce.

It demands governments together with public institutions and private companies to avoid driver distractions such as texting while driving - some of the most recent surveys identified as a significant threat to the security.

Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh, make roads safe global Ambassador, said the children of school age upwards of 2,000 of the General Assembly during the debate, killed or seriously injured every day worldwide - and this number is set in the coming years double.

"By having road safety a priority in the next ten years we the potential, to millions of lives save, and many millions of injuries and disabilities, to prevent" she added.

"The UN Decade of action for road safety gives us a real chance to change direction."

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