The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), is organizing a workshop in Abu Dhabi for "Setting Regional and National Road Traffic Casualty Reduction Targets in the ESCWA Region" on 16-17 June; The workshop will discuss strengthening national capacities of low and middle income countries to reduce road traffic casualties and the establishment of national committees for road safety. The meeting will also review the current statistics on road safety and developments in the field of road safety management in member countries.

Held under the Auspices of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Moubarak, Minister of Public Works and Chairman of the National Transport Authority in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the meeting is organized in collaboration with the UAE National Authority for Transportation. Participants in the meeting include focal points from member countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Pacific (UN-ESCAP) will also take part in this workshop. In addition, specialists and consultants in the road safety domain will be present at the meeting from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), the International Road Federation (IRF), and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), alongside representatives of civil society and road safety associations in ESCWA member countries.

For more information: http://www.escwa.un.org/information/meetingdetails.asp?referenceNum=1022E