The UN General Assembly resolution on “Improving global road safety”
(15th April 2016) Acting without a vote, the UN General Assembly and its Member States adopted a resolution on "Improving global road safety"(document A/70/L.44) expressing concern that road traffic crashes killed more than 1.25 million people and injured as many as 50 million people a year.
This wide-ranging and detailed resolution calls on the international community to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda on road safety as well as the Decade of Action for Road Safety.
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