Kyrgystan joins Convention on Road Signs and Signals
Geneva, 29 September 2006 -- Kyrgyzstan has become the fifty-fourth
Contracting Party to the Convention on Road Signs and Signals.
The Convention on Road Signs and Signals, which was done in Vienna in
1968, prescribes in a uniform manner not only the physical appearance,
but also the definition of danger signs, priority signs, regulatory signs,
informative signs and traffic lights. This means that every road user in
international traffic can understand the situations announced by these
signs without risk of misunderstanding when travelling to other countries
and adapt their behaviour accordingly.
Recent amendments to the Convention, which entered into force earlier
this year, include definitions of cycle tracks and cycle lanes, measures
to increase the visibility and legibility of road signs and road markings,
new road signs for tunnels including the indication of emergency exits,
and the clarification of priority rules at roundabouts.
Together with the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, the Convention on
Road Signs and Signals provides Governments with a harmonized legal and
technical basis for their national highway codes and ensures a high level
of road safety in the countries that implement them. Though elaborated
and kept up to date by the UNECE in Geneva, the two Conventions are global
in character with Contracting Parties from all continents.
Last year, in Resolution A/RES/60/5, the United Nations General Assembly
stressed the importance of the improvement of international road safety
norms and welcomed the work of the UNECE Working Party on Road Traffic
Safety (WP.1) in the elaboration of the amendments to these Conventions.
It also encouraged Member States to adhere to those Conventions, in order
to ensure a high level of road safety in their countries.
For further information regarding the international legal instruments
in the field of road traffic and road safety please contact:
José Capel Ferrer, Director, or
Christopher Smith,
UNECE Transport Division
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 2400, 917 3298
Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 0039
E-mail: [email protected] - [email protected]
Ref: ECE/TRANS/06/N07