Special UN Accreditation for the High-Level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety
United Nations Secritariat confirmed that the application of the Institut de diplomatie publique for special accreditation to the Special Accreditation for the High-Level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety has been approved.
Doctor/PhD members of the Institute may now register to attend the High-level Meeting.
REGISTRATION FOR SPECIALLY ACCREDITED ORGANIZATIONS
The President of the General Assembly of the United Nations will convene the High-Level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety from 30 June to 1 July 2022 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 74/299 and 75/308. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 75/308, representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council are invited to attend the high-level meeting and participate in the multi-stakeholder panels. *If you are a representative of an ECOSOC accredited NGO, please contact the NGO Branch of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs for the details on registration. Representatives of relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector, who received special accreditation to attend and participate in the meeting, are invited to register through this portal. The registration is NOW OPEN until 5 p.m. 13 June 2022 (New York time). The meeting will be broadcast live on UN Web TV with interpretation in all official languages. Please note that you don't have to register if you plan to follow through webcast without a speaking role. *Due to COVID-19 pandemic, practical arrangements for participation will be decided closer to the date and communicated on the webpage of the President of the General Assembly.
Starts 30 Jun 2022, 10:00
Road traffic crashes claim nearly 1.3 million lives every year and are the leading cause of death among children and young adults. In addition to the human suffering caused by road traffic injuries, they also incur a heavy economic burden on victims and their families, both through treatment costs for the injured and through loss of productivity of those killed or disabled. More broadly, road traffic injuries have a serious impact on national economies, costing countries 3% of their annual gross domestic product. For this reason, SDG target 3.6 called for the halving of the number of road traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2020. Ensuring the safety of transport systems is also directly linked to SDG targets on sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) and climate action (SDG 13).
A Global Plan for the Decade of Action 2021 – 2030 has been developed by WHO and the UN Regional Commissions, in cooperation with the UN Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) to guide Member States in the implementation of key actions to improve the safety of roads. The Global Plan emphasizes the importance of ensuring sustainable financing (short- and long-term) as well as the engagement of relevant actors from different sectors as critical factors for achievement of the 2030 target.
UN General Assembly resolution 74/299 “Improving global road safety” proclaimed the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030; established a target of reducing by at least 50%, the number of road traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030 and called for a High-level Meeting (HLM) of the UNGA on Road Safety in 2022.
UN General Assembly resolution 75/308 entitled “Scope, modalities, format and organization of the High-level Meetingon improving global road safety” decides:
The High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on improving global road safety shall be held in New York in 2022 back-to-back with the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, with a view to addressing gaps and challenges, mobilizing political leadership, promoting multisectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration in this regard, and assessing the progress made in attaining the objectives of the road safety-related targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
The overall theme of the High-level Meeting will be “The 2030 horizon for road safety: securing a decade of action and delivery”;
The High-level Meeting will comprise an opening segment, a plenary segment, up to three multi-stakeholder thematic panel discussions and a brief closing segment. (Detailed arrangements could be found in the resolution)
The High-level Meeting will approve a concise and action-oriented political declaration agreed in advance by consensus through intergovernmental negotiations, to be submitted by the President of the General Assembly for adoption by the UN General Assembly. The Ambassadors of Côte d’Ivoire and the Russian Federation have been tasked with leading these negotiations.
KEY DOCUMENTS
https://www.un.org/pga/76/event/high-level-meeting-on-global-road-safety/