BANGKOK, Thailand - May 6, 2016

The first “Embassy Friends of Road Safety” meeting was held this month at the British Embassy in Bangkok to inaugurate a collective effort on the part of the diplomatic community in Thailand to address the high rates of death and injury on the country’s roads. Six ambassadors attended, representing Canada, Denmark, Holland, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and Swizerland. In addition, the British Chargé d’Affaires and representatives from the Australian, Brazilian, and American embassies were also on hand along with country representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Thailand, and AIP Foundation. The participants united in shared concern over the state of roads in Thailand and discussed how to work together towards reducing the number of road crash deaths and injuries.