Launch of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030

28 October 2021 14:00 – 15:00 CET

Opening remarks:   Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization

Statement:   Abdulla Shahid, President of the UN General Assembly

Statement:   Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Statement:   Jean Todt, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety

Keynote address:   Andrew Holness, Prime Minister, Jamaica

Presentation:   Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, Dr Nhan Tran, Unit Head, Safety and Mobility, World Health Organization

Music video:   “Claiming It”, official anthem of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, produced by Youth Arts Movement Uganda

Discussants:   Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030

  • Serghei Diaconu, Secretary of State in charge of General Secretary, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Republic of Moldova
  • Bright Oywaya, Executive Director, ASIRT Kenya
  • Deepanshu Gupta, Youth Leadership Board Member, Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety
  • Nikorn Chamnong, Chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Network on Road Safety Legislators & Member of Parliament, Thailand
  • Joanna Cymbalista, Quality & Sustainability Manager, Ikea India

Statement:   Michael Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for NCDs and Injuries

Statement:   Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Statement:   Lord Robertson, Chairman, FIA Foundation

Statement:   Zoleka Mandela, Global Ambassador, Child Health Initiative

Closing remarks:   Etienne Krug, Director, Department of Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, and Chair of the UN Road Safety Collaboration

Event moderated by Etienne Krug