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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Brigitte Chaudhry MBE President European Federation of Road Traffic Victims – FEVR Founder RoadPeace (UK). Logo. Brief history of World Day. Initiated in 1993 by RoadPeace From 1995 observed by FEVR member orgs

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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

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  1. World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Brigitte Chaudhry MBE President European Federation of Road Traffic Victims – FEVR Founder RoadPeace (UK)

  2. Logo

  3. Brief history of World Day • Initiated in 1993 by RoadPeace • From 1995 observed by FEVR member orgs • as European Day of Remembrance • From 1998 observed beyond Europe and Pope calls it World Day • From 2004 the UN RSC pursues its adoption as a global event • In October 2005 a UN resolution to endorse World Day is adopted

  4. Luxemburg 2002

  5. Austria 2002 Vienna - a balloon for every person killed that year

  6. United Kingdom 2001

  7. Portugal 2004

  8. World Day now • UN adoption made this Day known worldwide • The number of countries observing World Day has been growing with every year World Day offers the opportunity - to road safety campaigners and to governments - to point to the devastation caused by crashes - to offer recognition to road crash victims and - to give thanks to all those who help victims

  9. Why is the Day important, according to victims? • “because lack of information about this catastrophe provokes social indifference” • “because road victims, like other victims, need to feel that they are not alone and that their suffering is considered by the community” • “because people are reminded to honour the dead by promising to behave correctly on the road to prevent future tragedies”

  10. World Day website www.worlddayofremembrance.org • Events and actions • Exhibitions and displays • Messages and thoughts • Memorials • Publications • Archive of WDR by year • Global initiatives

  11. Global Initiatives • Light of Hope • Government recognition of World Day (the resolution of 2005 called on all member states and the international community to recognise the day) • A national memorial in every country • A Day of Peace = a day without road crashes • Support the Make Roads Safe Campaign • ICART – International Coalition Against Road Trauma “Working to minimize road trauma”

  12. Greece 2007 • Rhodos

  13. Italy 2006 • Walk through town to the cemetery

  14. Slovenia 2008 Svetovni dan spomina

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