Road Traffic Safety
Introduction
The UNECE pioneered road safety activities in the United Nations system with the establishment of an Ad Hoc Working Group on the prevention of road accidents in 1950. In 1988, the Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1), an intergovernmental body, was established. The Working Party changed its name to “Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (WP.1)” in 2017.
Today, Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety remains the only permanent body in the United Nations system that focuses on improving road safety. Its primary function is to serve as guardian of the United Nations legal instruments aimed at harmonizing traffic rules. More...
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Highlights
Benin acceded to the Convention on Road Traffic, of 8 November 1968 and to the Convention on Road Signs and Signals, 1968.
Brunei Darussalam acceded to the Convention on Road Traffic, of 1949.
Croatia acceded to the Convention on Road Traffic, 1949.
Honduras acceded to the Convention on Road Traffic, of 8 November 1968.
The State of Palestine acceded to the Convention on Road Traffic, of 8 November 1968.
Lithuania acceded to the Convention on Road Traffic, 1949.
