Yuriy Gerzhod, Director of the Security Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine
Decade
of Action for Road Safety, by the UN General
Assembly for 2011-2020
According to the World Health Organization and other international organizations, nearly 1.3 million people die in traffic accidents and about 50 million of people get injured in the world every year.
Ukraine, in terms of mortality rate, is ranked fifth in Europe. Official data shows that in 2010, 4709 people died in road accidents, 38917 people were injured. Every third victim is a young person aged under 29.
Expressing concern over the continuing increase of the level of injuries and deaths on the roads worldwide, the UN General Assembly on March 2, 2010 proclaimed 2011-2020 a Decade of Action for Road Safety.
The purpose of the Decade is to reduce the loss of lives from road accidents through the promotion of more active actions at regional, national and global levels.
UN Global plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety recommends focusing on five components:
- Road safety management;
- Safe roads and mobility
- Safe vehicles;
- Safe behavior of road users;
- First aid to victims of road accidents (road emergency service).
In order to promote joint efforts in the context of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 the United Nations adopted the official symbol and main visual image of Decade of Action for Road Safety. The sign of road safety is a new global symbol of road safety.
The worldwide official opening of the Decade of Action took place on May 11, 2011
On the occasion of this event Ukrinform held the press conference "The Decade of Action: Let’s stop deaths on the roads" on May 11 in Ukraine.
The event was organized by the WHO Country Office in Ukraine (Igor Pokanevych, Head of the office) and the Ukrainian Road Safety Association (Mykhailo Berlin, President) and supported by the United World International Charity Fund (Edward Prutnik, Chairman of the Management Board).
The press conference was attended by the heads of ministries and agencies related to road safety, MPs, heads of international organizations operating in Ukraine, heads of non-governmental and business organizations.
This day the President of Ukraine in his address to people " On the opening of Decade of Action for Road Safety, proclaimed by the UN" (on May 11, 2011) called on all public authorities, political parties, movements, NGOs and citizens of Ukraine to support the United Nations Global Initiative and to begin active work on restoring order on the roads.
The symbol for All: Road Safety Badge.
«Wear. Believe. Act.»
“The Badge” is a universal symbol of road safety and visual key for the Decade of Action for Road Safety. It serves to unite the various activities in the context of the Decade. The promotional web site of the “badge” encourages participants to launch the Decade with the slogan: “Wear. Believe. Act.”. By attaching the «Badge» to the clothes and placing its picture in the promotional materials, everyone has to think about the ways to prevent road accidents, to take measures to improve road safety.
The right to sell and distribute the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 symbol in Ukraine belongs to the Ukrainian Road Safety Association. To purchase the “badge”, to request the badge image for printed materials or make a contribution to Road Safety Fund, please contact:
NGO «Ukrainian Road Safety Association»
tel. +380 (44)270 54 86
e-mail: office@roadsafety.org.ua
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Presentation of the Decade of Action for Road Safety (in the Russian language, pdf file, 2,18 MB) |
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Presentation of the official symbol of the Decade Action for Road Safety (in the Ukrainian language, pdf file, 1,55 MB) |
Sixty-fourth session of the UN General Assembly
«Improving global road safety»
A/64/L.44/Rev.1 24 February 2010 *
Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly
«Improving global road safety»
*On the proclamation of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
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