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GENEVA TO HOST FIRST GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY FILM FESTIVAL

Geneva, 3 March 2006 - The First Global Road Safety Film Festival will be held on 23 March 2006 in Salle XIX in the Palais des Nations, hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the occasion of the meeting of its Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1).

Addressing road safety issues, the films, originating from all regions of the world, will be presented under the following categories: communication and campaigns, education for road safety and driver training, risk prevention for professional drivers, road safety innovations and television broadcasts.

An international jury, made up of road safety experts, will evaluate and select the winning films on the basis of the clarity and relevance of the message, adaptation to the target, quality and originality of the script, technical qualities (sound, sound track, camera work, editing) and the cost-effectiveness ratio.

The Film Festival aims to promote international cooperation in road safety between the different regions of the world and will also serve as a springboard to promote the First United Nations Global Road Safety Week (23 to 29 April 2007) organized by the United Nations regional commissions and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Organized by LaserEurope, a non-governmental organization involved in road safety initiatives, this festival follows previous film festivals that have been held at the European level since 1998, most recently in 2003 at UNESCO in Paris.

Information regarding the Film Festival and registration forms may be obtained at the following web page:

http://www.unece.org/trans/roadsafe/filmfestival.html

The Festival is open to the public.

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For further information please contact:

José Capel Ferrer, Director,
Marie-Noëlle Poirier or Christopher Smith
Transport Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 2400, 917 3259 or 917 3298
Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 0039
E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]

 

Ref: ECE/TRANS/06/P01