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Every year, as a consequence of road traffic crashes, more than 1.2 million people are killed globally, while another 50 million are injured. Approximately 90% of all road crashes occur in low- and middle-income countries.Even though road safety is an important sustainable development issue, it is yet relatively underappreciated and greatly underfunded. Recognizing the need to support Member
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Phase 1 of the Highspeed Masterplan for the TER region has now been completed. The study is available here and covers the following areas:- An introduction to, and history of, High Speed Railways- A review of the benefit, political background, best practice and status of high-speed- Review of related work,
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The brochure on International Driving Permit Categories recommends reconciliations of the differences between the International Driving Permit categories in the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic and the corresponding definition for the same symbol in the EU Driving Licence Directive (2006/126/EC of 20
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Cutting road traffic deaths and injuries in half by 2020Download the publication hereThe world has been paying serious attention to road safety since 2003, following a United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the rapid global increase in road traffic deaths, injuries and disabilities. With roughly 1
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Download in PDF or e-Pub format (smartphones)The publication titled "Transport for Sustainable Development: The case of Inland Transport” is the result of the cooperation among the five
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Preventing Drink Driving in Africa is an e-book published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) and is
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Download here the PDF version of this publication.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The current state of development of the world economy is characterized by sharp competition for spheres of influence in major commodity markets. Economic globalization leads to a rapid
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The UNECE and the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) have partnered to create an e-book on "Regional Perspectives on preventing alcohol-related road crashes involving vulnerable road users". It comprises the complete findings first presented in
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This document presents the UNECE's Action Plan for the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011–2020). This Plan is directly aligned with the UN Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety. It aims to achieve the UNECE’s overall road safety goals by addressing priority areas of work as well as by implementing the ongoing and future initiatives in the UNECE region and beyond. Free
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This UNECE publication contains:
a background document,
a strategic note and,
the UNECE road map on ITS.
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The TEM and TER revised Master Plan Final report consists of two Volumes - Volume l, containing the main text and Volume II – Annexes.Volume I: Main textVolume II: AnnexesVolume I, is being
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Transport affects social, economic and environmental sustainability. Transport links markets and individuals, making regions more competitive and promoting individuals’ social and economic development.The transport system provides the individual with access to basic social services, such as health, food, education, employment and recreational activities. This requires the transport system to
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The second edition of the UNECE Transport Review, deals with border crossing faciliation issues. It was published in May 2009 on the occassion of the International Transport Forum which this year focuses on transport for a global economy. Contributors span a range of experts on border crossing facilitation issues, addressing the topic from different
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The first edition (November 2008) of the Transport Review was dedicated to road safety. Thanks to prominent transport policy experts and well-known dignitaries in road traffic safety circles, the Road Safety edition of the Review contains a wide variety of articles on the many aspects of this important issue.Excerpt from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to Transport Review readers: “
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Integrated Report on Comparison of the TEM and TER Master Plan Backbone Networks and on Implementation of the Priority projects in 2006 Report (pdf 42 KB) Attachment A (pdf 3,970 KB)
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ECE/TRANS/195 Sales No. E.07.VIII.5 ISBN: 978-92-1-139124-4 Price: US$ 35 Languages: E, F, R, Spanish, Convention on Road Traffic of 1968 and and European Agreement Supplementing the Convention - 2006 consolidated versionsThe Vienna Convention on Road Traffic was done at Vienna on 8 November 1968. Since its entry into force on 21 May 1977, it replaces previous road traffic Conventions