The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Transport filed in Congress the bill that seeks to approve the accession of Colombia to the 1958 agreement of the United Nations Organization.
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Adopting these technical requirements for vehicles (motorcycles and cars), including systems and components, specifically related to road safety, is one of the fundamental priorities of the public politics to improve safety levels on the roads and the sustainable development of safe mobility.
“In Colombia we have understood that road safety is a shared responsibility among all sectors: public, private, academia and road users. In this sense, we consider as an important step to curb the phenomenon of accidents, the adherence and application of the legal instruments of the United Nations on vehicle and road safety, to implement safety provisions and regulations. Emphasizing that vehicle safety technologies are among the most effective actions on this path”, affirmed the head of the Transport portfolio, Angela Maria Orozco.
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According to National Road Safety Agency (ANSV), “vehicle safety technology has evolved not only for convenience but also in an important way to safeguard the lives of road actors”.
In this sense, they have articulated in different documents and regulations of national application, including the Pnational road safety lan, which incorporates among its strategic pillars that of vehicles, in which it recognizes the need to develop the harmonization of vehicle technical regulations and conformity assessment.
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For Luis Lota, general director of the ANSV, “road safety must be addressed in a comprehensive manner, and the work carried out on the subject must be carried out in a coordinated manner. This vision is in line with the principles established in the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety, ratified by the 2020 Stockholm Declaration, which recommends that governments adopt measures within the framework of the so-called ‘safe systems’ approach, with According to this guideline, intersectoral interventions are carried out, in terms of regulation, education, traffic control, comprehensive care for victims and infrastructure, among others, which require the participation of various public entities, as well as the private sector.”.
Adherence to the 1958 UN Agreement on vehicle standards and homologations is the first step for Colombia to implement the international legal instruments recommended by the World Health Organization for the new decade for road safety, which the country signed.
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In addition to this agreement, according to the Ministry of Transport, Colombia wishes to adhere to other legal instruments, such as the agreements or conventions of vehicular circulation (1968), Road signs (1968), vehicle standards (1998), and Vehicle Inspections (1997).
If this project is approved, Colombia would be the first country to Latin America and the Caribbean in being part of this agreement, which will allow having vehicles with the most internationally recognized standards.
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