‘Business as usual is a business of death’: UN adopts road safety pledge over US objection

Published on July 21, 2026

The UN General Assembly closed its first ever High-level Meeting on road safety on Tuesday by adopting a sweeping new declaration aimed at halving road deaths by 2030 – over the sole objection of the United States.

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