At the World Road Safety 2022 Conference on 29 November, Nneka Henry, Head of UNRSF, shared UN Road Safety Fund’s objectives and pathways to achieving vision zero by 2050.
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“Awareness is the first step towards addressing the global road safety challenge...This global campaign is intended to empower everyone with knowledge about how to help keep children safe on the roads.” Nneka Henry, Head of the UN Road Safety Fund. -
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On 3 November 2022, relevant stakeholders and implementing partners from ECA, UNEP, UN-Habitat, WHO, UNICEF, and local governmental agencies were convened to an online information session organized by the UNRSF Secretariat to discuss and develop a project to improve non-motorized transport system safety through the implementation of cycling systems in Nigeria. -
At the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 42nd Session on 30 October, Nneka Henry, Head of UNRSF, called on ACP and EU parliamentarians to advocate for road safety as international development assistance priority that bolsters climate action, quality education, better business, health wellbeing, gender equality, and sustainable cities.
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On 27 October 2022, UNRSF Secretariat held an online information session, convening stakeholders and implementing partners from WHO, UN Police, GRSP, and IACP to discuss the potential benefits the proposed model would bring to low- and middle-income countries. -
During the UNRSF information session, stakeholders from PAHO, UNICEF, UNRSF, and implementing government agencies discussed how to promote more responsible use of roadways, improve access to post-crash care and reduce road crashes in Jamaica. -
During the UNRSF information session, stakeholders from UNHABITAT, UNESCWA, UNEP, UNECA, UNRSF, ITDP and local NGOs, and government agencies participated in the UNRSF information session discussing how to build the capacity of cities to improve road safety management in Africa and Eastern Mediterranean Region. -
Today, Nneka Henry, Head of UNRSF, presented at the 2022 NETS Annual Strength IN Numbers Fleet Safety Benchmark Conference on “the biggest opportunity to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030”.