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PROGRAMME
Launch of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030
28 October 2021, 14:00 CET

Opening remarks: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization

Statement: Abdulla Shahid, President of the UN General Assembly

Statement: Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Statement: Jean Todt, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety

Keynote address: Andrew Holness, Prime Minister, Jamaica

Presentation: Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030
Dr Nhan Tran, Unit Head, Safety and Mobility, World Health Organization

Music video: “Claiming It”, official anthem of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, produced
by Youth Arts Movement Uganda

Discussants: Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030
• Serghei Diaconu, Secretary of State in charge of General Secretary, Ministry of Internal
Affairs, Republic of Moldova
• Bright Oywaya, Executive Director, ASIRT Kenya
• Deepanshu Gupta, Youth Leadership Board Member, Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety
• Nikorn Chamnong, Chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Network on Road Safety Legislators &
Member of Parliament, Thailand
• Joanna Cymbalista, Quality & Sustainability Manager, Ikea India

Statement: Michael Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for NCDs and Injuries

Statement: Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Statement: Lord Robertson, Chairman, FIA Foundation

Statement: Zoleka Mandela, Global Ambassador, Child Health Initiative

Closing remarks: Etienne Krug, Director, Department of Social Determinants of Health, World
Health Organization, and Chair of the UN Road Safety Collaboration

Event moderated by Etienne Krug

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