More specifically, they aimed at raising awareness stimulating new road safety legislation creating organizations for road safety and promoting further research.

Assistance is also needed to finance awareness campaigns among the population on road safety.

The underlying causes for that problem are scant awareness of road safety laws and regulations, poor road conditions and traffic environment and inadequate management.

We need to intensify our efforts to raise worldwide awareness of the road safety crisis and its consequences.

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It compiles data on road accidents and prepares annual road safety plans.

This awareness has been matched by an unprecedented momentum in taking concrete actions to address road safety, both at the international and national levels.

Fourthly, my Government welcomes the decision by the World Health Organization and the United Nations regional commissions to jointly organize the first United Nations Global Road Safety Week, which would serve as a platform for raising awareness globally about road safety issues.

Road safety education is important for inculcating the correct mindset and road behaviour in all road users.

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The meetings of the Road Safety Collaboration have allowed smaller groups with common interests to meet separately and discuss road safety issues.

We are pleased to learn about the creation of the international road safety organization known as the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration.

Since 1990, the Economic Commission for Europe Working Party on Road Traffic Safety has held four road safety weeks for its 55 member countries.

Over the years, the Government of Singapore, working with the private sector, has launched campaigns, road safety talks, exhibitions and even videos promoting road safety.

Given the growing awareness and commitment, and with the continued efforts of all, I am confident that global road safety is a goal that we all can attain.

The Chinese Government attaches great importance to road traffic safety.

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(a) Reaffirm its commitment to addressing the global road safety crisis

The importance of road safety has to be ingrained in everyone.

Emphasis continued to be placed on combined transport and road safety.

Under that initiative and in order to give specific attention to road safety, a separate department for road safety was established in September 2004 to address the issue.

Oman's initiative to raise global awareness about road safety is based on its own experience and realization that the problem can only get worse if nothing is done about it.

The regional commissions will participate actively in this global road safety campaign and encourage countries in their regions to organize national road safety campaigns related to the theme selected.

Road safety remains a neglected and growing public health and development issue.

The global road safety crisis is a modern epidemic of extraordinary proportions.

A year ago, the State Council held a forum on road safety.

Its Road Traffic Safety Act came into force on 1 May 2004.

The resolution on road safety and health also called upon Member States to prioritize road safety as a public health issue and to take steps to implement measures that are known to be effective in reducing road traffic injuries.

Publicity programmes include the printing of calendars and advertisements on the radio, on television and in other mass media. A road safety week is organized annually to raise awareness of these issues.

In its resolution 58 289, entitled Improving global road safety , the General Assembly recognized the need for the United Nations system to support efforts to address the global road safety crisis.

Malaysia has indeed taken serious measures to improve road safety and reduce fatalities.

Convinced that road safety requires partnerships, bridging many sectors of society, to promote and facilitate efforts to prevent road traffic injuries,

We hope and believe that, eventually, such an improved road infrastructure will also serve to improve road safety in the country.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has been entrusted with the responsibility of formulating policies for road safety in India.

We welcome the proposal for the first United Nations global Road Safety Week in 2007, which will target young road users.

In the area of encouragement, the plan involves setting up an effective road safety executive structure and a multidisciplinary working group to make strategic changes aimed at enhancing road safety in Singapore.