Transport
Introduction
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We work to promote sustainable transport which is safe, clean and competitive, through the development of freight and personal mobility by inland transport modes, by improving traffic safety, environmental performance, energy efficiency, inland transport security and efficient service provision in the transport sector.
In Focus
The 81st annual session of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) will be held from 19 to 22 February 2019, in Geneva. Among the highlights of the session will be the expected adoption of the ITC strategy until 2030. Additionally, on 18 February a WP.1 - WP.29 Joint Event on the safe deployment of automated vehicles will take place. A second side event on 19 February will focus on digitization and e-docs in transport enabling growth and development. See the weekly programme and other related documents.
Highlights
United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund: Call for proposals of early harvest projects.
Finland acceded to the Additional Protocol to the CMR concerning the electronic consignment note (e-CMR), 2008 (map of contracting parties).
Tunisia acceded to the Protocol amending article 1 (a), article 14 (1) and article 14 (3) (b) of the European Agreement of 30 September 1957 concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) (map of contracting parties).
Oman acceded to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention), of 14 November 1975 (map of contracting parties).
Nigeria acceded to the Convention on Road Traffic, of 8 November 1968 (map of contracting parties), to the Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) (map of contracting parties) and to the three agreements related to Vehicle Regulations (more details here).
A publication on Railways role in intermodality and the digitalization of transport documents has been issued.
A descriptive paper on bus statistics, the second in a series on how UNECE's transport statistics directly measure the SDGs, is now available.
