Declaration from the UN gathering of ministers during 18-19 November 2015, including item OP20. Promote the adoption of policies and measures to implement United Nations vehicle safety regulations or equivalent national standards to ensure that all new motor vehicles, meet applicable minimum regulations for occupant and other road users protection, with seat belts, air bags and active safety systems such as anti-lock braking system (ABS) and electronic stability control (ESC) fitted as standard.
91. The secretariat presented the Brasilia Declaration, adopted by the second Global High-level Conference on Road Safety, (18-19 November 2015, Brasilia). WP.29 noted that the document contains strong recommendations to accede to the three Agreements serviced by the World Forum and to implement UN Regulations and UN GTRs to make vehicles safer.
92. The representative of OICA welcomed the Brasilia declaration and informed WP.29 that at that occasion, OICA had issued a statement stressing the importance of an integrated approach, involving all relevant dimensions, such as traffic rules, road user behaviour, infrastructure and of course the vehicle performance. For the latter aspect, OICA stresses the importance of the UN legal instruments such as the 1958 and 1998 Agreements and the road safety improvements that resulted from these Agreements in many markets; OICA, therefore, offers its full cooperation with the various Governments to put in place the requirements on vehicle performance that are considered a necessity, and offers suggestions for the transposition of international regulations into the national legislation.