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Inland Transport Committee, |
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Conscious
that the number of persons injured or killed in
road accidents is still intolerably high and that
road safety is a human, social and economic problem
which has to be addressed in partnership between
public administrations, private sector organizations
and road users themselves, |
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Conscious
also that in developing and implementing programmes
and measures to improve road safety, special attention
has to be paid to vulnerable road users, whether
children, the elderly, bicyclists, passengers or
others, |
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Noting
that the first and second Road Safety Weeks held
in 1990 and 1995 helped to raise awareness in ECE
member countries of the fact that road safety can
only be achieved through the concerted efforts of
Governments, national and international public and
private organizations, road users and the public
in general, |
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Recalling
the decision taken at its fifty-ninth session to
organize a third international road safety campaign
in the ECE region, |
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1. |
Decides
to designate 1-7 May 2000 as the third ROAD SAFETY
WEEK, during which road safety campaigns aimed at
improving the safety of vulnerable road users will
be mounted in ECE member States; |
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2. |
Invites
member Governments to implement road safety programmes
in their own countries in support of the ECE Road
Safety Week under the common slogan "Partnership
on the road increases safety"; |
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3. |
Recommends
in particular that Governments: |
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(a) |
Target their
national campaigns at the major sources of danger
to vulnerable road users, whether specific groups
or in general; |
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(b) |
Develop,
drawing on all possible sources of expertise, national
activities to be carried out within the framework
of the Road Safety Week which address the most pressing
problems for vulnerable road users in their respective
countries; |
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(c) |
Ensure the
participation of all groups concerned in the planning
and implementation of national campaigns within
the framework of the Road Safety Week; |
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(d) |
Make every
effort to publicize the third ECE Road Safety Week
through the mass media and by creating Internet
links between national road safety web sites and
the ECE road safety web page which will be created
to mark the Road Safety Week; |
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(e) |
Share their
experiences and ideas regarding the organization
of the third Road Safety Week with other ECE member
Governments through the Inland Transport Committee
and its relevant subsidiary bodies i.e. the Working
Party on Road Transport and the Working Party on
Road Traffic Safety, thereby maximizing the potential
benefits for all; |
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4. |
Invites
relevant international organizations to provide
support and advice to ECE in the organization of
the Road Safety Week; |
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5. |
Requests
the Working Party on Road Traffic Safety to prepare
a programme defining the objectives and modalities
for the third Road Safety Week, paying particular
attention to activities to be undertaken at the
national, regional and international levels; |
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6. |
Requests
the Economic Commission for Europe and its secretariat
to provide all necessary support and publicity to
the preparation, execution and follow-up to the
Road Safety Week |
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