United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Transport Division Transport Division UNECA-UNECE-ICAP workshop Road Safety in Africa UNECE role in addressing the global road safety issue Eva Molnar, Director, UNECE Transport Division 12 November, 2014
58 UN transport conventions Geographical coverage of the UN Transport Conventions UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 2 2
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Transport Division Transport Division - R EGULATORY - S AFE AND S ECURE - A NALYTICAL - E NVIRONMENTALLY F FIENDLY - C APACITY B UILDING - E FFICIENT - P OLICY D IALOGUE - C OMPETITIVE TRANSPORT - I NLAND T RANSPORT ( ROAD , RAIL , INLAND - N ATIONAL WATER , INTERMODAL - INFRASTRUCTURE AND - R EGIONAL SERVICES ) - I NTER -R EGIONAL - T RANSPORT OF D ANGEROUS - G LOBAL G OODS With impact on daily life of people and businesses 5.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Transport Division Transport Division WP.29/GRPE WP.1/GE.1 TIRExB SC.3/WP.3 ST/SG/AC.10/C WP.15/AC.2 .3 WP.30 ITC Bureau WP.29/GRB WP.5/GE.2 ITC WP.29/GRSP ECE/ADN ST/SG/AC.10/C WP.30/AC.2 SC.1/GE.21 January .4 WP.29/GRRF ST/SG/AC.10 WP.15 WP.29/AC.3 December February WP.24 WP.29/AC.4 WP.29/AC.2 WP.15/AC.1 WP.29/AC.2 SC.3 WP.29 WP.1 WP.29 SC.2 WP.29/AC.1 WP.1/GE.2 WP.29/AC.1 ITC Bureau WP.29/AC.3 WP.29/GRE November March WP.29/AC.4 TIRExB SC.1 WP.30 SC.1/GE.21 UNECE Transport Division WP.11 SC.2/GEURL SC.2/GEURL Calendar of meetings WP.30/AC.2 WP.5/GE.2 TIRExB WP.29/GRE 2014 October April WP.15 WP.29/GRB WP.1 WP.29/GRSG WP.1/GE.1 WP.5 WP.5/GE.2 September May WP.29/GRSP WP.15/AC.1 WP.1/GE.1 WP.29/GRS WP.5/GE.2 WP.29/GRRF G WP.29/GRPE WP.29 WP.15/AC.2 ITC Bureau WP.29/AC.1 August June ECE/ADN WP.30 WP.29/AC.3 Legend WP.30/AC.3 WP.29/AC.4 Treaty Body July WP.6 SC.3/WP.3 Working Party (Status in accordance with ECE/EX/1) WP.29/AC.2 SC.1 SC.1/GE.21 Working Party Working Party within a Working Party ST/SG/AC.10/C. ST/SG/AC.10/C Team of (Status in accordance with 3 .4 Specialists ECE/EX/2/Rev.1) SC.2/GEURL Source : ECE/TRANS/2014/28
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 UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 5 5
Signs you take for granted - 60 years of work Social Rules Road Traffic Rules (driving and rest hours) Drivers’ License Road Signs and Signals Infrastructure (standards and parameters, tunnel Vehicle Regulations safety, all land modes) Statistics Border Crossing Customs Facilitation Dangerous Goods UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 6 6
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 • UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 7 7
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 UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 8 8
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 UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 9 9
Conclusions 1. Simple and basic UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 10 10
Conclusions 2. Holistic approach UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 11 11
Thank you for your attention United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Transport Division UNECE - Transport Division Jean-Claude Schneuwly Slide 12 12
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Transport Division Transport Division Picture of Investment Finance after the MDGs
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