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ANNEX 1: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS In addition, Member States were recommended to take the following actions by end of 2015: • Increase visible involvement of high-level government officials in road safety events and events addressing drink driving. • Increase visible efforts to strengthen legislation, penalties and judiciary based on international good practice (respect decisions, particularly on blood alcohol limit, made in the Accra Declaration). • Undertake capacity building for road safety professionals including the traffic police. • Continue efforts to put in place strong and results-oriented road safety management systems. • Create incentives for fleet operators to improve road safety, including the oil and gas industry, extraction industry and United Nations programmes, as well as all other fleet operators. • Undertake baseline surveys on key road safety issues including drinking and driving. • Identify key stakeholders for road safety improvement and initiate or strengthen partnerships. • Make funds available for the purchase of equipment for the traffic police, including modern breath testing equipment, training and maintenance programmes. • Initiating dialogue within government about becoming a contracting party to the United Nations legal instruments and conventions on road traffic and road traffic safety. • Share experience on drink driving prevention in Africa. • Engage beverage alcohol industry in raising awareness about the risks of drinking and driving, legislation and penalties. • Make road safety data publicly available, as in Kenya. • Conduct performance evaluation of traffic police and other concerned authorities in relation to crashes on particular stretches of the road. 32 UNECE-UNECA-IARD Road Safety Workshop at the UNCC 12-13 November 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATES Ghana Botswana Mr. Wienaa Musah Cheyuo Director, Driver Training Testing & Licensing (DVLA) Email: [email protected] Mr. Busani Christopher Ndlovu Divisional Traffic Officer (North) Botswana Police Service Email: [email protected] Kenya Ethiopia Mr. Francis Meja National Transport Safety Authority Email: [email protected] Mr. Amlaku Alemayehu Ministry of Transport – NRSC Email: [email protected] Lesotho Mr. Admasu Assefa Director, Road Traffic Safety Directorate Federal Transport Authority Email: [email protected] Mr. Yonas Belete Ministry of Transport - NRSC Email: [email protected] Mr. Tilahun Geleta Negewo Ministry of Transport - NRSC Email: [email protected] Mr. Tilahun Yimer Tassew Head, National Road Safety Coordination Office (NRSC) Ministry of Transport Email: [email protected] Gambia Ms. Ramatoulie Ceesay Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure Sukuta-Nema Email: [email protected] Mr. Moeketsi Molefe Director of Road Safe