Need for Formulation of Legal Instruments For Non-Formal Transport 2. Invites the World Health Organization, working in close cooperation with the United Nations regional Commissions, to act as a coordinator on road safety issues within the United Nations system 4.Underlines the need for the further strengthening of international cooperation, taking into account the needs of developing countries, to deal with issues of road safety. 5. Encourages Member States to adhere to the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic and Convention on Road Signs and Signals, in order to ensure a high level of road safety in their countries 6. Stresses the importance of the improvement in the international legal road traffic safety norms, and welcomes in this regard the work of the Working Party on Road Traffic Safety of the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe in the elaboration of a substantial package of amendments to the 1968 Conventions on Road Traffic and Road Signs and Signals; First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety Moscow | 2009 November 19-20 • Concerned that more than 90% of road traffic deaths occur in low-income and middle-income countries and that in these countries the most vulnerable are pedestrians, cyclists, users of motorised two- and three-wheelers and passengers on unsafe public transport, • Invite the United Nations General Assembly to declare the decade 2011–2020 as the “Decade of Action for Road Safety” with a goal to stabilize and then reduce the forecast level of global road deaths by 2020; 2. Proclaims the period 2011-2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety 4. Reaffirms the needs of low- and middle-income countries, including those of the least developed countries and African countries, by building capacity in the field of road safety; 5. considering that there is no one-size-fits-all formula and considering also the specific situation of each country based on its needs and priorities; 16. Also encourages Member States to become contracting parties to and to implement the United Nations road safety-related legal instruments, Convention on Road Traffic and 1968 Convention on Road Signs and Signals 5. Encourages Member States to adhere to the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic and Convention on Road Signs and Signals, in Need for Capacity order to ensure a high level of road safety in their countries Building of 6. Stresses the importance of the improvement in the international legal road traffic Emerging Economies towards safety norms, and welcomes in this regard the work of the Working Party on Road Diagnosing Road Traffic Safety of the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Unsafety in their Europe in the elaboration of a substantial package of amendments to the 1968 respective nations Conventions on Road Traffic and Road Signs and Signals; UNECE UNECE UNESCAP ESCWA ECA UNECLAC Untied Nation Regions 8 UN Nations Region wise Road Fatalities (Percentage Share) Source: Data computed from Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018, WHO 59.4% 16.8% 15.4% 10.6% 56 49 51 49 4.8% 14 UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND COMMISSION FOR AFRICA COMMISSION FOR EUROPE ASIA AND THE CARIBBEAN THE PACIFIC Number of Countries Percent Share of Road Deaths Sr. No Country Road Fatalities (GSR 2018) 1 Afghanistan 1565 2 American Samoa 17 United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia 3 Australia 1296 4 Bangladesh 2376 5 Bhutan 125 6 Brunei Darussalam 7 Cambodia 1852 (UNESCAP) 8 China 58022 9 Cook Islands (the) 5 10 Fiji 60 11 France 3477 12 French Polynesia 13 Guam 14 Hong Kong 15 India 150785 16 Indonesia 31282 17 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15932 18 Japan 4682 19 Kiribati 5 20 Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 1086 21 Macao 22 Malaysia 7152 23 Maldives 4 24 Marshall Islands (the) 25 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2 374037 Total: 26 Mongolia 484 27 Myanmar 4887 28 Nauru 29 Nepal 2006 30 New Caledonia 31 New Zealand 327 32 Niue 33 Northern Mariana Islands (the) 34 Pakistan 4448 35 Palau 36 Papua New Guinea 158 37 Philippines (the) 10012 38 Samoa 17 39 Singapore 141 40 Solomon Islands 11 41 Sri Lanka 3003 42 Tajikistan 427 43 Thailand 21745 44 Timor-Leste 71 45 Tonga 18 46 Turkmenistan 543 47 Tuvalu 48 United States of America (the) 35092 49 Uzbekistan 2496 50 Vanuatu 9 Viet Nam 8417 51 Only Only 90 countries 76 countries have aceeded to the have acceded to the Convention on Road Traffic Convention on Road Signs and Signals Rickshaws (Becaks) City: Yogyakarta OJEK DOKAR Songthaew / baht bus Song Thal/ Songthaew JEEPNEY Camel Cart Donkey Cart Chakda Rickshaws Chakda Bullock cart Cyclotaxis Member country Representatives from Cambodia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, Korea and India participated UNECE and IRTE Sign a MOU 19, March 2018 Lets make Global Roads Accident-free, Pollution-free and Stress-free, through Education, Discipline, Research and Planning. That's the Philosophy of IRTE, a non-profit institution for making people aware - of the value of life, so that happiness prevails! INSTITUTE OF ROAD TRAFFIC EDUCATION | COLLEGE OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Surajkund Badhkal Road, Aravali Hills, Sector 43, Faridabad – 121010, INDIA For further details, please contact: +91-129-2477000, 7291987507 – 8 | Email us at: [email protected] Camel Cart Donkey Cart Chakda Rickshaws Chakda Bullock cart Cyclotaxis UNECE and IRTE Sign a MOU 19, March 2018 Member country Representatives from Cambodia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, Korea and India participated Non-Formal Transport • As a dialogue has been initiated at the Global Forum for Riad Traffic Safety • IRTE recommends that a combined effort must be made to recognize and include the development of legal instruments In order to ensure inclusivity Principles of safety should be addressed For Non-motorized/Informal Transport ‘ in South East Asia Lets make Global Roads Accident-free, Pollution-free and Stress-free, through Education, Discipline, Research and Planning. That's the Philosophy of IRTE, a non-profit institution for making people aware - of the value of life, so that happiness prevails! INSTITUTE OF ROAD TRAFFIC EDUCATION | COLLEGE OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Surajkund Badhkal Road, Aravali Hills, Sector 43, Faridabad – 121010, INDIA For further details, please contact: +91-129-2477000, 7291987507 – 8 | Email us at: [email protected] .