About this Event
Please register to join this important *in-person* event and official launch of UNICEF's work on Road Safety on the side lines of the High-Level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety, where we engage key stakeholders, decision makers, partners and young people to reflect on the impacts of child and adolescent’s road injuries, the needed solutions, and the role each of us can have to 'drive to action' on road safety.
Also: two special announcements!
Event overview:
- Reception
- Opening remarks with:
- Karin Hulsof - UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Partnerships
- Jean Todt - Special Envoy for Road Safety
- Followed by a moderated panel discussion led by Youth Moderator - Vinicius Gaby – UNICEF Voices of Youth – question and comments crowd sourced by youth in advance online and audience engagement·
Panel 1: Member States experience and commitment to Drive for Action on Child and Adolescent Road Safety
- Angel Salvador Tejeda – Vice Minister of Planning and Regulation, Ministry of Public Work – Dominican Republic
- Martha Barrios Aguilar- Director, Road Safety Observatory, Statistics and Data of the National Agency for Transport and Road Safety - Paraguay
Panel 2: Private Sector experience and commitment to Drive for Action on Child and Adolescent Road Safety
- Elena Salgado – President, Abertis
- Avi Silverman – Deputy Director, FIA Foundation
- Alex Garcin - President and CEO Michelin North America Inc.
**Are you a young person and have specific questions you want to ask to decision makers in governments or in the private sector, about road safety and creating healthier environments for children and young people where you live?
Email them to [email protected]
Background: For those between the ages of 5 and 19, road traffic injuries represent the leading cause of death, globally. With more than ninety per cent of those deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
In addition to the human suffering caused by road traffic injuries, they also incur a heavy economic burden on victims and their families, both through treatment costs for the injured and through loss of productivity of those killed or disabled. More broadly, road traffic injuries have a serious impact on national economies, costing countries 3-5% of their annual gross domestic product.
Children have the right to a safe and healthy environment, including their daily journeys to school, home and throughout their communities.
UNICEF is committed to engaging in road safety as part of its new strategic plan to address the leading cause of death for children and adolescents aged 5–19 years around the world.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York, United States
CAD 0.00