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UN backs cooperation on New Silk Road from eastern China to Western Europe

27 August 2004
The United Nations is-cosponsoring an international symposium on regional economic cooperation along the New Silk Road, a vast corridor for commerce and tourism stretching from Lianyungang in easternmost China to Rotterdam in the western Netherlands, mirroring the fabled camel and caravan trade route of old.
Louise Fréchette addresses Assembly

UN urges reducing number of people killed by road crashes annually

14 April 2004
Although fatalism is being encouraged by use of the word "accidents" for vehicular collisions, people must be made aware that the crashes, now causing 1.2 million deaths per year, can be reduced or prevented, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today.

General Assembly calls for meeting to emphasize traffic safety

5 November 2003
The United Nations General Assembly today decided to devote an entire session next year to the problems of road safety.