Newshttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&web=/news&page=ce4d0eb8-d554-4fed-9801-15192e69ce61&wp=f3f3e98b-db76-4d67-95fe-fb9f9a7f82b460Plan International in step with Long Short Walkhttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/PlanInternationalinstepwithLongShortWalk.aspxPlan International, a leading child development NGO, has added its voice to the call for road safety to be integrated into the post-2015 development goals.2013-05-24 00:00:00Call for road safety in Post-2015 Goals at ITF Summithttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/CallforroadsafetyinPost-2015GoalsatITFSummit.aspxA high level policy session at the international summit of Transport Ministers has heard that road safety needs to be in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals to increase levels of international financing for combating road traffic injuries and fatalities.2013-05-23 00:00:00U.S. Leaders and Youth Call for Safe Roads for Allhttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/USLeadersandYouthCallforSafeRoadsforAll.aspxOn the steps of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, U.S. Leaders and hundreds of youth called for “Safe Roads for All” during the launch of Global Road Safety Week and Global Youth Traffic Safety Month in Washington, DC.2013-05-15 00:00:00Long Short Walk campaign launched across the worldhttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/LongShortWalkcampaignlaunchedacrosstheworld.aspxThousands of people have taken to the streets calling for the basic right to walk in safety and for road traffic injury to be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.2013-05-14 00:00:00Zoleka Mandela leads Long Short Walk for Zenani and world’s childrenhttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/ZolekaMandelaleadsLongShortWalkforZenaniandworldschildren.aspxNelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Zoleka Mandela, has led a Long Short Walk event in Johannesburg South Africa, together with her family.2013-05-13 00:00:00St Petersburg Forum urges Safe Roads for Allhttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/UNGlobalRoadSafetyWeekeventhostedinStPetersburgurgessaferoadsforall.aspxA high level Forum has been hosted in Russia during the launch of UN Global Road Safety Week, the worldwide campaigning event from 6-12 May 2013 highlighting pedestrian safety.2013-05-08 00:00:00New report: combat road death ‘plague on young’ in Post-2015 Goalshttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/MakeRoadsSafereportcombatroadtrafficinjury‘plagueonyoung’inPost-2015Goals.aspxRoad traffic fatalities have become a plague on the young and the world must commit to reduce the global death toll by half by 2030 as part of the post-2015 sustainable development agenda, according to a new report published on 7 May from the Commission for Global Road Safety.2013-05-07 00:00:00Jamaica receives global recognition for road safetyhttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/Jamaicareceivesglobalrecognitionforroadsafety.aspxJamaica’s National Road Safety Council (NRSC) has received the prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in recognition of its success in reducing the number of fatalities on the country’s roads.2013-04-29 00:00:00UN consultation on SDGs calls for safe, sustainable transporthttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/UNconsultationonSDGscallsforsafesustainabletransport.aspxA United Nations consultation on transport and the Sustainable Development Goals has urged inclusion of sustainable transport within the post-2015 development agenda.2013-04-25 00:00:00NGOs prepare for UN week with a Long Short Walkhttp://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2013/Pages/NGOsprepareforUNweekwithaLongShortWalk.aspxNGOs from around the world working to support the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety gathered in Antalya, Turkey where they held a ‘Long Short Walk’ to call for action to save lives.2013-04-08 00:00:00