Apr 12, 2018
Celebrities, News, United Nations
CEO Patrick Pouyanné, Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA, FIA Foundation, International Automobile Federation, Jean Todt, Lotte Brondum, Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire, New York, NGO community, Olga Algayerova, roads less dangerous, Saul Billingsley, Special Envoy for Road Safety, Stephane Dujarric, Sustainable Development Goals, traffic accidents, UN, UNECE Executive Secretary, UNECE', united nations, USA
United Nations, New York, USA, April 12 2018 – Jean Todt (C), UN Special Envoy for Road Safety and President of the Federation Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA), Stephane Dujarric (left), Spokesman for the Secretary-General and Olga Algayerova, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe addresses a press conference on the establishment of a Road Safety trust fund today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire by Kurt Wheelock The president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Jean Todt on April 12 at the United Nations announced and praised the launch of the UN Road Safety Trust Fund, [Read More]
Jul 15, 2017
News, United Nations
FIA, FIA Foundation, Healthy lives, highway safety, HLPF, injury, Jean Todt, New York, reduce, road, Road Safety, SDG 3, traffic, traffic speed, UN, UN Special Envoy, united nations, USA
By Suzanne Tisserand According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Status Report on road safety, road and traffic incidents are among the leading causes of death and disability globally with over 1.25 million people affected. The same report reveals that today, road accidents are the primary factor of death within the 15-29 age group while 90% of all road traffic deaths worldwide occur in lower- middle- income countries (LMICs). On July 14th, 2017, Permanent Representatives of several countries including Czech Republic, Brazil, Georgia and the Sultanate of Oman gathered at a luncheon with Executives from the FIA [Read More]
