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3 December 2021<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Excellencies,<\/p>\n Distinguished delegates,<\/p>\n Ladies and gentlemen,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is my pleasure to convene today\u2019s supporting event towards the 2022 High Level Meeting on Global Road Safety.<\/p>\n The objective of this event is two folds;<\/p>\n Global road safety is a shared responsibility that must be prioritized and integrated.\u00a0<\/p>\n Roads are connected to the social and economic development fabric of our society.<\/p>\n In turn, achieving global road safety contributes to the achievement of sustainable development goals under education, health, and the environment, to name a few.<\/p>\n At present, road accidents account for 1.3 million annual deaths and 50 million injuries globally.<\/p>\n We need to address this unnecessary and tragic burden on families, communities and economies.<\/p>\n Road accidents are entirely preventable and our priority must be exactly that, to implement preventive measures.<\/p>\n We now have a Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n This global plan sets an ambitious and bold target to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n To complement this target, the document \u00a0highlights known and effective best-practices, together with avenues that will guide national and international efforts.<\/p>\n Like so much else, this blueprint is our first step, but unless it is implemented it is nothing \u00a0more than a plan of action.<\/p>\n Looking ahead, implementation by national and local governments will\u00a0 involve two critical elements: financing and the engagement of relevant actors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Spotlighting these to elements for global road safety is imperative to ensure that we leave no one behind.<\/p>\n Road statistics underscore this. The numbers imply a divergence in national capacities for road safety, and highlight the notable funding gap in most countries.<\/p>\n It is reported that 90% of road deaths are recorded from low and middle income countries. As such, the realization of the global target and related sustainable development goals will require increased support to these countries.<\/p>\n During today\u2019s event, we will hear from families who have lost loved ones; politicians that have led the way for improved road safety; grassroot youth working on advocacy programs; and both government and non-governmental organizations providing resources for road safety.<\/p>\n Through these shared interventions, we are reminded of the pain and grief, the experiences and lessons that have shaped the discourse on global road safety.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n Each is a story that will foster greater understanding and knowledge on how we can better engage on global road safety.<\/p>\n We have much to do to avert global road deaths and injuries. The consequences of unsafe and inefficient road systems are far too great a price for us to turn a blindeye.<\/p>\n I invite member states, civil societies, and the international community to use today\u2019s exchanges as an opportunity to build collective commitments and strengthened partnerships on global road safety.<\/p>\n I thank you.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Remarks of H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid – Supporting Event for High-level Meeting on Road Safety<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"committee-meeting":[],"class_list":["post-253580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speeches","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n\n