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On 2 March 2010, the UN General Assembly endorsed
resolution A/64/L.44/Rev.1 declaring a Decade of Action for
Road Safety 2011–2020. The resolution was tabled by the
Government of the Russian Federation and co-sponsored by more
than 90 countries.
By taking up this commitment, Member States have taken it upon
themselves, with the support of the international community, the
mission of stabilizing and then reducing the forecast level of
road traffic crashes and resultant injuries, deaths and
disabilities across the globe.
This landmark resolution emulates the "Moscow
Declaration", which underlines the importance of protecting
all road users, in particular, the most vulnerable such as
pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. This Declaration came
out of the
First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, hosted
by the Government of the Russian Federation in November 2009.
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