Doha: Qatar participated in the meeting of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC), which was held via video conferencing, with the attendance of 110 participants from around the world, to discuss the launch of the UN Global Plan for the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-30.
Qatar was represented in the meeting by Secretary of the National Traffic Safety Committee, Brigadier Mohammed Abdullah Al Malki.
The WHO has launched a global action plan on road safety that aims to prevent at least 50 percent of road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030. Qatar has recorded successive decrease in the number of accident deaths over the past few years, reaching four deaths per 100,000 last year.
