Make Roads Safe News. http://www.makeroadssafe.org The Make Roads Safe campaign has discussed its demand for safe road infrastructure with the UK’s International Development Secretary. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2008/lord_robertson_and_douglas_alexander_discuss_making_roads_safe.html Uganda’s Minister of Transport, the Honourable John Nasasira was the guest of honour at the 2008 African Make Roads Safe Conference held in Kampala on 7th April. Hosted by the AA of Uganda the meeting was attended by governments, automobile clubs across the region, Parliamentarians, crash victims and international experts. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2008/uganda_hosts_african_make_roads_safe_conference.html The United Nations General Assembly has today approved the first ever global UN Conference on road safety, in an effort to reduce the rapidly growing death toll on the world’s roads. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2008/first_un_ministerial_summit_on_global_road_safety_approved.html The United Nations must take urgent steps to address the world’s growing road deaths crisis, Nobel Peace Prize winners and leading international figures supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign warn today. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2008/nobel_peace_prize_laureates_urge_un_action_on_road_safety.html More than a million people have now signed the Make Roads Safe petition, which will be handed in to the UN next week to coincide with the UN General Assembly debate on global road safety. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2008/one_million_names_for_safer_roads.html Movie star and Make Roads Safe ambassador Michelle Yeoh called for urgent action today to get children wearing helmets on motorcycles in Vietnam. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/ap/2008/Michelle_Yeoh_in_Vietnam_urges_helmet_safety_for_children.html The head of the American Public Health Association (APHA) has written to the UN Secretary General and the US Ambassador to the UN urging action on global road safety. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/na/2008/APHA_urges_UN_and_US_action.html The Make Roads Safe campaign has received enthusiastic support from Arsenal FC and the club’s fans who lined up to sign the petition. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2008/Arsenal_scores_a_Make_Roads_Safe_goal.html Movie star Michelle Yeoh has added her support to the Make Roads Safe campaign, warning “the world needs to act right now”. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2008/Michelle_Yeoh_joins_Make_Roads_Safe_campaign.html The United Nations General Assembly debate on global road safety will be held on 31st March in New York. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2008/UN_road_safety_debate_on_31st_March.html The Make Roads Safe recommendations for safer road design have been presented at a meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa attended by leading G8 donors. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/af/2007/mrs_at_g8_africa_infrastructure_meeting.html The Russian Federation has confirmed its offer to host a UN Ministerial Conference on global road safety in 2009. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/russian_federation_confirms_offer_to_host_ministerial.html French international football star Lilian Thuram has called on the French government to back a UN ministerial conference, as the campaign takes to the Champs Elysées this weekend. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/lilian_thuram_urges_french_support_for_campaign.html Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary General, has endorsed the Make Roads Safe campaign’s call for a UN Ministerial Conference on road safety. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/un_secretary_general_backs_road_safety_ministerial.html The Government of the Russian Federation has added its support to the Make Roads Safe campaign’s call for a UN Ministerial Conference on road safety, and has indicated that it is considering hosting the meeting. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/More_governments_support_UN_Ministerial_Conference.html The Make Roads Safe campaign has attracted widespread support at the world’s premier transport policy event in Paris. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/Road_Safety_is_the_Number_One_Issue.html It is an endurance task that would make even James Bond think twice. But British drivers Richard Meredith and Phil Colley have just become the first people in the world to cross the full Asian Highway – in James Bond’s favourite car, an Aston Martin - in a 16,000 km drive in support of the Make Roads Safe campaign. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/Tokyo_to_London_in_50_days.html Richard Meredith and Phil Colley have driven the length of the Asian Highway and across Europe, 16,000 kilometres from Tokyo to London, in an Aston Martin V8 Vantage to raise awareness of the Make Roads Safe campaign. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/driving_home_road_safety.html Stephen Lewis calls on the UN to recognise that road traffic injuries are a global issue requiring UN action. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/road_safety_belongs_on_the_global_agenda.html The Make Roads Safe campaign has held a series of meetings with senior members of the US Congress. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/Make_roads_safe_on_Capitol_Hill.html Barcelona Football Club has signed up to the Make Roads Safe campaign and urged fans to sign the petition to the United Nations. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/eto'o_signs_up_fc_barcelona_to_make_roads_safe.html Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called on political leaders and the G8 to take action on road safety at the African launch of the Make Roads Safe campaign in Cape Town. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/af/2007/Desmond_Tutu_speaks_at_Make_Roads_Safe_Africa_launch.html Michael Schumacher has urged the German Government to ensure that the G8 works to improve road safety in developing countries at a Make Roads Safe campaign launch in Berlin. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/Minister_Tiefensee_speaks_at_MRS_launch_in_%20Berlin.html Global poverty campaigner Kevin Watkins explains why the international aid community must get active on road safety – and why every G8 leader should read the Make Roads Safe report. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/make_roads_safe_mandatory_reading.html Road deaths are becoming the new disease of the global young and poor the Make Roads Safe campaign warned today at the start of the first ever UN Global Road Safety Week. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/Schumacher_launches_UN_Global_Road_Safety_Week.html The UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has met with Lord Robertson, the Chairman of the Commission for Global Road Safety to discuss the Make Roads Safe report. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/uk/2007/tony_blair_gets_make_roads_safe_g8_message.html Formula One’s racing drivers have added their names to the Make Roads Safe campaign. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/formula_one_stars_line_up_for_make_roads_safe.html Make Roads Safe campaigners have met the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo to discuss the Make Roads Safe report. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/ap/2007/Japanese_Prime_Minister_Abe_discusses_Make_Roads_Safe%20.html An influential United Nations body has endorsed the Make Roads Safe campaign’s proposal for a UN global ministerial conference on road safety. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/key_un_body_endorses_global_ministeral.html African Ministers of Transport and Health meeting in Ghana have adopted the ‘Accra Declaration’ which fully endorses the main recommendations of the Make Road Safe report of the Commission for Global Road Safety. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/af/2007/Accra_Declaration_calls_on_G8_leaders_to_Make_Roads_Safe.html The UK’s Secretary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn MP, has met with Lord Robertson, Chairman of the Commission for Global Road Safety to discuss the Make Roads Safe Report. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/Lord_Robertson_and_Hilary_Benn_discuss_MRS_call.html A road safety zebra has been unveiled as the children’s mascot for the Make Roads Safe campaign. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/look_out_zebra_crossing.html The Make Roads Safe campaign has stepped up its profile in Washington DC having been featured at the Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting and in discussion with key policy makers in the US capital. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/na/2007/Make_Roads_Safe_goes_to_Washington.html The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign’s call for a 10% road safety allocation in all road building and upgrading projects funded by aid donors. http://www.makeroadssafe.org/news/2007/UNEP_backs_10_Percent_Rule_Road_Safety_call.html