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Geneva On Friday 19 November 2010, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) acting on behalf of the 68 Contracting Parties to the TIR Convention, and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) signed an agreement which authorizes IRU to print and distribute TIR Carnets
Geneva Vienna, 18 November 2010 – Ministers, international officials, policy makers and experts, including representatives of railway and transport authorities of Central Asian countries, discussed solutions for financing road and rail infrastructures in the wake of the financial crisis in an
Geneva Road safety performance in the 12 members of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation Organization (BSEC) is the subject of the “UNECE-BSEC Conference on Improving Road Safety in the BSEC Region” that opened today in Ioannina, Greece. The Conference held under the Greek Chairmanship-in
Geneva UNECE organizes a conference on "Financing development of road and rail transport infrastructures", with the support of the OSCE/Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, on 17 November 2010 in Vienna.The conference, originally organised for
Geneva On 7 September 2010, the Working Party on Noise (GRB), a subsidiary body of the UNECE World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29), will host a live demonstration of sound devices that could equip “silent cars”. “Silent cars” are electric and hybrid vehicles that do
Geneva The national coordinators for the Trans-European Motorway (TEM) and Trans- European Railway (TER) projects from 13 countries from Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus unanimously adopted the “Innsbruck Initiative for safe, secure, prosperous and environmentally friendly
Geneva At an extraordinary session of UNECE’s Working Party on Road Transport (SC.1) held in Geneva on 22-23 April 2010, the Contracting Parties to the European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) reached agreement as part of a
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The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, adopted today, at its March 2010 session, a new version of UNECE Regulation No. 100 which introduces type approval requirements for all types of electric and hybrid vehicles’ electric safety requirements .
Type approval refers to
Geneva On 2 March 2010, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a historical resolution aimed at strengthening action of the international community to reduce deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes worldwide over the next ten years.In the resolution, tabled by the
Geneva While we wait for the miracle that will solve the transport sector’s carbon footprint, transport experts agree that by implementing a combination of existing measures real progress can be made in the fight against global warming.During the annual session of the United Nations Economic
Geneva Inland water transport is an environmentally friendly, reliable and cost-efficient mode of transport, and yet only seven per cent of goods is transported on inland waterways in the European Union (road carries 79% while rail carries 15%). Half of Europe’s population live close to the
Geneva Full-body scanners are the latest security gadgets at airports and millions of containers may soon need to be scanned before they are boarded on ships. But what is currently being done to secure transport on roads, rail and inland waterways? How will the responsibilities for securing
Geneva On 28 January 2010 Ukraine acceded to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN), bringing the number of Contracting Parties to thirteen.In a ceremony at the Palais des Nations, Deputy Minister and Head of the State