[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 70 (Friday, May 8, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E666]
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                 UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK

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                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 8, 2015

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of the third 
annual United Nations Global Road Safety Week and to celebrate the 
contribution of the Association for Safe International Road Travel 
(ASIRT) to the global effort to reduce the number of road crashes 
around the world.
  ASIRT is extremely active in the global movement to promote and 
improve road safety. Tens of thousands of people are injured as a 
result of traffic collisions each year. More than 500 children are 
killed every day in road crashes and 186,300 children under 18 die from 
road traffic crashes annually. The rates of road traffic death are 
three times higher in developing countries than in developed countries.
  As part of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, ASIRT has joined 
with the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration to announce 
#SaveKidsLives, a global campaign focused on delivering a Child 
Declaration on Road Safety to the policymakers who can make a 
difference. During UN Global Road Safety Week, the #SaveKidsLives 
Campaign seeks to highlight the plight of children on the world's roads 
and generate action to better ensure their safety. The campaign 
features hundreds of events hosted by governments, international 
agencies, civil society organizations, and private companies, including 
the delivery of the ``Child Declaration for Road Safety'' to policy-
makers.
  During this Global Road Safety Week, I salute ASIRT and the United 
Nations for the work they are doing to promote road safety domestically 
and around the world.

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