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A political declaration (A/RES/76/294) was negotiated by UN Member States and issued at the High-level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety on 30 June 2022. Read it HERE.
The political declaration sets out the following key points:
We identified mentions of specific indicators in each of the three documents to assess whether the political declaration A/RES/76/294 represents a progression or regression from the previous documents.
PROGRESSION implies that the language used regarding that particular indicator is stronger, more action-based, or more specific.
REGRESSION implies that the language is weaker, more ambiguous, or missing.
Mentions of key words were identified in each of the documents. The data was identified by one Secretariat staff member and verified by another. Mentions were analyzed and key words, in particular action words highlighted. Again, data was analyzed by one staff member and verified by another.
“Ministers and Heads of Delegations…resolve to …
p3, item 3: “call upon” Member States to contribute to reducing road traffic deaths by at least 50% from 2020 to 2030 and to set targets to reduce fatalities and serious injuries for all groups of road users”
p.3, item 5: “Ensure political commitment and responsibility at the highest level and establish regional, national and sub- national strategies and action plans for road safety”
p.6, item 5: “Encourages Member States to ensure political commitment and responsibility at the highest possible level for improving road safety, and to develop and/or implement road safety strategies and plans with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including all sectors and levels of government, as appropriate
p6. item 11: Invites Member States that have not yet done so to address road safety holistically, starting with the implementation or continuation of a road safety management system, including, as appropriate, interdepartmental cooperation and the development of national road safety plans”
“Ministers and other representatives of States and Governments … “commit to” scale up our efforts and undertake:
p.2, item 1: Drive the implementation of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 which … calls for setting national targets to reduce fatalities and serious injuries for all road users
p.2, item 2: Develop and implement regional, national and sub-national plans that may include road safety targets or other evidence-based indicators”
Our assessment is that the political declaration A/RES/76/294 represents PROGRESSION regarding national or local road safety strategy / action plans with targets / objectives.
P.2: “Acknowledge the lessons learnt from the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 such as the need to promote an integrated approach to road safety such as a safe system approach and Vision Zero
Reiterating our strong commitment to achieving global goals by 2030 …, we hereby resolve to;]
P.3, item 6: Encourage Member States … (to) ensure that legislation and standards … are consistent with safe system principles and are enforced;
P.3, item 7: Include road safety and a safe system approach as an integral element of land use, street design, transport system planning and governance
Page 4, item 14: Call upon businesses and industries … by applying safe system principles
P.3: [Largely mirrors the Stockholm Declaration] “Acknowledging also the lessons learned from the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020, such as the need to promote an integrated approach to road safety such as a safe system approach and Vision Zero
P.6: Item 12. Encourages Member States to consider including road safety as an integral element … street design, transport systems and governance … through the promotion of a safe system approach
P,8: item 19. Calls upon businesses and industries …including by applying safe system principles
“Commit to scale up our efforts and undertake the following actions:
P.2, item 4: Implement a Safe System approach through policies that foster safe urban and rural road infrastructure design and engineering”
Our assessment is that the political declaration A/RES/76/294 represents PROGRESSION regarding the Safe System approach.
“Reiterating our strong commitment to achieving global goals by 2030 and emphasizing our shared responsibility, we hereby resolve to;]
P.4, item 11, Focus on speed management, including the strengthening of law enforcement to prevent speeding and mandate a maximum road travel speed of 30 km/h in areas where vulnerable road users and vehicles mix in a frequent and planned manner”
P.6: “Invites Member States that have not already done so to consider adopting comprehensive legislation on key risk factors (…) and speeding,”
“Commit to scale up our efforts and undertake the following actions:
P.4 item 4: set safe adequate speed limits supported by appropriate speed management measures
Our assessment is that the political declaration A/RES/76/294 represents SLIGHT PROGRESSION regarding speed management and 30 km/h limits.
[Reiterating our strong commitment to achieving global goals by 2030 and emphasizing our shared responsibility, we hereby resolve to;]
P.4, item 16: Encourage increased investment in road safety;
P.9, item 37: Invites all relevant stakeholders, international organizations, development banks and funding agencies, foundations, professional associations and private sector companies to scale up funding to support the implementation of measures required to meet the voluntary global performance targets;
P.9, item 38: Invites Member States to further invest in road safety at all levels, including by allocating appropriate dedicated budgets for institutional and infrastructural improvements for road safety”
P.2. “Welcome the elaboration of the Global Plan … which provides a set of options and strategies for use by Governments and other relevant stakeholders while recognizing that implementation of dedicated actions at the national and international levels should be supported
through … long-term sustained financing, including public and private,”
“Commit to scale up our efforts and undertake the following actions:
P.5, item 12. Acknowledge the importance of adequate, predictable, sustainable and timely international financing without unwarranted conditionalities in complementing the efforts of countries in mobilizing resources domestically, especially in low and middle-income countries;
Our assessment is that the political declaration A/RES/76/294 represents REGRESSION regarding governmental domestic investment.
P.2: Acknowledge the lessons learnt from the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 such as …. strengthen national inter-sectoral collaboration including engagement with NGOs and civil society
P.2: Recognize our shared responsibility between system designers and road users to move towards a world free from road traffic fatalities and serious injuries and that addressing road safety demands multi-stakeholder collaboration among the public and private sectors, academia, professional organizations, nongovernmental organizations and the media;”
P.3: “Acknowledging also the lessons learnt from the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, such as … strengthen national intersectoral collaboration, including engagement with non-governmental organizations and civil society and academia, to develop and/or implement road safety strategies and plans with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders,
P.5: Recognizing that providing basic conditions and services to address road safety is primarily a responsibility of Governments … while recognizing nonetheless that there is a shared responsibility … and that addressing road safety demands multi-stakeholder collaboration among the public and private sectors, academia, professional organizations, non-governmental organizations and the media,”
Page 8, item 34: Reiterates its invitation to Governments to take a leading role in implementing activities … while fostering multisectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration that includes the efforts of academia, the private sector, professional associations and civil society, including … those of other non-governmental organizations, as well as victims’ organizations, youth organizations and the media
PP10 “Recognize also that addressing road safety is primarily a responsibility of Governments, while also recognizing the shared responsibility among relevant stakeholders such as public and private sectors, academia, professional organizations, non-governmental organizations, citizens and the media, to move towards a world free from road traffic fatalities and serious injuries;”
Our assessment is that the political declaration A/RES/76/294 represents REGRESSION regarding civil society participation.
