The first UN Ministerial Conference on Road Safety was closed on 20 November with a four-page statement that includes the commitment to take specific measures in the future for the most vulnerable users of roads, motorists. The CEO and the Director of Public Affairs of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), Guy Maitre and John Chatterton-Ross, respectively, attended the closing session of this conference, whose final statement strongly emphasizes that governments to make "special efforts to develop and implement policies and infrastructure solutions to protect all users, especially those who are most vulnerable as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and users of public transport is not safe, as well as children, the elderly and people with disabilities. "
Guy Maitre explained the importance of the presence of the FIM in this conference." Our family has 101 national associations representing thousands globally motorists. "Our mission goes beyond sport, we are the defenders of the motorcycling world," said the head of the FIM.
For John Chatterton-Ross, this action by the UN "will be widely welcomed as now have a wide following because we work with governments to improve the safety of drivers and other vulnerable road users about the world. "
SOURCE: Dailymotos
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