The United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety was formally launched in countries around the world on Wednesday 11 May 2011. A range of materials were produced to assist with the launch of this initiative, including a toolkit for launch organizers, poster designs and short films from different countries.
The launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety marks the beginning of a 10-year journey, in which vigilant and concerted actions are required by different stakeholders, from governments to communities, and from national to international settings, to improve road safety.
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, launch events were undertaken in many countries, including Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates among others.
