Road transport

(b) Road transport operations

Railway Development Road Transport Facilitation Implementation of Yamoussoukro Decision (YD) Isiolo Moyale Road Ethiopia Djibouti Road Corridor Development Road Transport Facilitation Implementation of the YD.

Road Transport and the Environment

International road transport transit facilitation

In West Africa, inter State transport and transit are governed by two conventions the Inter States Road Transport Convention, and the Inter States Road Transit Convention.

Privatization of State owned road transport corporations and programmes, introduced in some countries to turn some of these corporations into providers of international road services, is incomplete. Meanwhile, international road transport services are dominated by foreign carriers.

IRU International Road Transport Union XVII(I)

IRU International Road Transport Union . XVII(I)

2. Rail, road and inland water transport

The road transport services have been broadly liberalized.

Operator training and international road transport transit facilitation

This is mainly caused by the use of air and road transport for tourism purposes.

Transport policy and issues related to road safety security of transport and expanding the linkages between transport development and poverty alleviation.

Instead, ocean transport of clandestine arms shipments, in conjunction with road transport, has been the predominant means by which arms are delivered to purchasers in Somalia.

(d) Transport policy and issues related to road safety, transport security and the expansion of the linkages between transport development and poverty alleviation

France and Afghanistan maintained a potentially incompatible treaty on road transport.

Central Asian External and Transit Transport Initiative rebuilding the silk road

48 11 Road and rail transport modes in relation to facilitation measures

20. In the wake of these problems, road transport competition has increased.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has been entrusted with the responsibility of formulating policies for road safety in India.

(vi) International Road Transport Union (IRU) TIR a Secure and Efficient Transit System

36. The negative impact of physical constraints on rail, road and inland water transport has been compounded by non physical barriers.

Several Parties identified certain trends in the transport sector including the increase in road transport at the expense of both commuter and freight railway use and maritime transport.

After developing the road and railway transport agreements, the subprogramme will endeavour to reach an agreement on maritime transport and facilitate measures for air transport in the region.

Regulation 11 November 2002 no. 1264 concerning road and rail transport of Dangerous Goods.

Global positioning systems (GPS) were now starting to be used to track road transport.

At the international and regional levels, Malaysia continues to be an active partner in the Global Road Safety Partnership under the aegis of the World Bank, the World Road Association, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Land Transport and Safety Committee, the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia and the ASEAN sub working group on road transport and road safety.

Governments should also be further encouraged to adhere to international conventions related to road transport.

These directives specify the conditions for road transport of hazardous or explosive materials within the Kingdom.

The Group noted with satisfaction the steps taken by the Mission to ensure more cost effective delivery of rations, including the use of road transport.

There is an urgent need to improve the infrastructure and management of road transport in developing countries.

In the process of developing road transport, many countries will go through a period with high rates of road traffic accidents. The main reason is that during rapid economic development the conditions of road transport and its management, as well as human behaviour, often cannot adapt to the rapid increase of motorized vehicles.

In assessing the transport sector, the TEAM will have to divide the assessment into the different modes of transport (road, rail, air and sea)in relation to the different forms of transport (bulk, breakbulk, containerised).

It will extend the globalization of some of its legal instruments on transport, particularly in the areas of vehicle construction, transit, transport of dangerous goods and road safety.

(e) The promotion of rail for the transport of goods and passengers, and in particular the combined use of rail road transport at a national and regional level.

They would also continue to provide air support for the transport of personnel and essential medium and heavy cargo to areas inaccessible to fixed wing aircraft or by road transport, daytime and night time reconnaissance patrols and medical and casualty evacuations.

(viii) working with other Divisions in ESCAP to address health issues in transport, including HIV AIDS and road safety

In Somalia, the road transport network plays a very crucial role in transporting arms to the Bakaaraha arms market.

XIII. Heroin seizures of illicit consignments concealed in international road transport trucks and at airports, Europe, 1991 1995 24

41. The road transport industry in Central Asia, like its railways competitor, is also in the process of adjustment.

The Transport Division provides assistance in planning and developing road and rail transport infrastructures in particular in landlocked developing countries as a follow up to the Almaty Programme of Action.

ECA organized the forum on transport infrastructure and regional integration for Central Africa in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 15 to 18 December 2003 designed to adopt a subregional transport master plan that covered road, rail, air and inland water transport.

In countries where road safety is neglected, the international community needs to find ways to encourage efforts to reduce road traffic injuries and to make national Governments aware of the need to integrate road safety into their transport and health policies.

The transport of undocumented migrant workers occurs particularly across the borders of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. They are taken by small boats across the sea at night or by road through forested areas.