This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from Hibapress, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebrisus, confirmed today, on Saturday, Marrakech, the main role of young people in the field of road transport and security to ensure safer and lasting roads.
In a speech read in his name, Tedros called on the United Nations Special Envoy for Road Safety, Etienne Krag, during the work session of the third session of the World Youth Association for Road Safety, To further involve young people in order in order to improve road safety, especially since traffic accidents are the main cause of death in the ranks of this slide.
He added: “The road belongs to everyone,” he added, also calling for young people participating in making their voice more to make their central role in order to move more safely.
On the other hand, he has recorded that many countries had made remarkable progress in the past decade in the field of road safety, by working to improve public transport and improve urban infrastructure allocated to bikers and men .
For its part, Anis Yaibar, member of the supervisory board of the organization “Youth for road safety”, underlined the great impact of traffic accidents in terms of human and economic losses, as well as many sustainable development objectives, Starting to fight poverty to climate change.
For his part, the executive director of the FIA Foundation, Sol Bilinglai, called to pay particular attention to this main problem linked to road safety, stressing the basic role of young people and their involvement in this area, not only as that victims of traffic traffic but also as an actor in the change capable of influencing public policies.
The opening session was distinguished by submitting a certificate for Reem El -Herbiny, a young woman from Egypt, about her experience after having survived a car accident, calling for young people to design solutions for A safer and more integrated transport system.
The third session of this world association, organized by “Youth for Traffic Safety”, and the Global Youth Alliance for Road Safety, in cooperation with the World Health Organization and the National Road Safety Agency, are a space to train the Future of the Road Security, Innovation and Creation as part of a global movement in order to move safer and more sustainable.
