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UNECE role in addressing the global road safety issue

Eva Molnar, Director, UNECE Transport Division 12 November, 2014

UNECA-UNECE-ICAP workshop Road Safety in Africa

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58 UN transport conventions

Geographical coverage of the UN Transport Conventions

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• NATIONAL
• REGIONAL
• INTER-REGIONAL
• GLOBAL
• REGULATORY
• ANALYTICAL
• CAPACITY BUILDING
• POLICY DIALOGUE

5.

• SAFE AND SECURE
• ENVIRONMENTALLY FFIENDLY
• EFFICIENT
• COMPETITIVE

TRANSPORT

• INLAND TRANSPORT (ROAD, RAIL, INLAND

WATER, INTERMODAL - INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES)

• TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS

GOODS

With impact on daily life of people and businesses

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January February March April May June July August September October November December

WP.29/GRPE WP.1/GE.1 WP.15/AC.2 WP.29/GRB ECE/ADN SC.2/GEURL TIRExB WP.15 WP.29/GRSG WP.1/GE.1 WP.29/GRSP WP.5/GE.2 WP.29/GRPE WP.29 ITC Bureau WP.29/AC.1 WP.30 WP.29/AC.3 WP.30/AC.3 WP.29/AC.4 WP.6 SC.3/WP.3 WP.29/AC.2 SC.1 ST/SG/AC.10/C. 3 TIRExB SC.3/WP.3 WP.30 ITC Bureau WP.5/GE.2 ITC WP.30/AC.2 SC.1/GE.21 WP.29/GRRF WP.29/AC.2 WP.15/AC.1 WP.29 WP.1 WP.29/AC.1 WP.1/GE.2 WP.29/AC.3 WP.29/GRE WP.29/AC.4 SC.1/GE.21 ST/SG/AC.10/C .4 SC.2/GEURL WP.15/AC.2 ECE/ADN TIRExB SC.1 WP.30 SC.1/GE.21 WP.11 SC.2/GEURL WP.30/AC.2 WP.5/GE.2 WP.29/GRE WP.15 WP.29/AC.3 WP.24 WP.29/AC.4 WP.29/AC.2 SC.3 WP.29 SC.2 WP.29/AC.1 ITC Bureau ST/SG/AC.10/C .3 WP.29/GRSP ST/SG/AC.10/C .4 ST/SG/AC.10 WP.29/GRB WP.1 WP.5 WP.5/GE.2 WP.15/AC.1 WP.1/GE.1 WP.29/GRRF WP.29/GRS G Legend Treaty Body Working Party (Status in accordance with ECE/EX/1) Working Party Working Party within a Working Party Team of Specialists (Status in accordance with ECE/EX/2/Rev.1)

UNECE Transport Division Calendar of meetings 2014

Source : ECE/TRANS/2014/28

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UNECE - Transport Division UNECE plan to implement the Decade of action for Road Safety by

• Boosting Political Will and Supporting

Government Strategies

• Protecting Road Users
• Making Vehicles Safer
• Improving Safety of Transport of Dangerous

Goods

• Making Technologies Work for Safer

Mobility

• Making Roads Safer
• Improving Cargo Safety
• Turning Road Safety Training, Education

and Behavior into Knowledge Management

• Learning from Road Crashes
• Mitigating the Impact of Road Crashes
• Raising Awareness, Fundraising and

Advocating for Road Safety

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Infrastructure (standards and parameters, tunnel safety, all land modes) Vehicle Regulations Drivers’ License Dangerous Goods Statistics Road Traffic Rules Road Signs and Signals Social Rules (driving and rest hours) Border Crossing Facilitation

Customs

Signs you take for granted - 60 years of work

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News in safety regulations:1

IMO/ILO/UNECE

• Not mandatory – but may become part of cargo

insurance contracts

• Prepared in 2011-2013 by Governments with industry

and insurance experts

• Adopted by UNECE ITC in February 2014
• Adoption by IMO and ILO before end of 2014

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News in safety regulations:2

UN GTR – 1998 Agreement

• Work was initiated in 2007
• Covers safety aspects of these vehicles
• First and unique worldwide regulation
• Impact:
• These vehicles can now be legally deployed

worldwide fostering their mass production

• The environmental aspects of these vehicles will be

incorporated into existing regulations

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News in safety regulations:3

(WP .15/AC.2) Examples of work specific to transport of dangerous goods by inland waterways –New ADN provisions for means of evacuation

• Emergency procedures
• Availability of means of evacuation

− Aboard − Ashore

• Protection of crew aboard

−New provisions allowing carriage of liquefied refrigerated natural gas (LNG) as cargo −Derogations allowing use of LNG for propulsion of vessels

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Conclusions 1. Simple and basic

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Conclusions 2. Holistic approach

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UNECE - Transport Division Thank you for your attention

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