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Global Compact International Yearbook 2013
The world community acknowledges
danger and its complexity. At the recent
Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable
Development, a clear link was made
between road safety and sustainable
development. It is of critical importance
that all stakeholders accept responsibility
for road safety – state responsibility to
protect its citizens, individual responsi-
bility of all road traffic participants, and
corporate responsibility of business to
protect its employees and to contribute
to sustainable development of society
where it operates in. Cross-sector co-
operation and, in a best-case scenario,
partnership are essential.
The participants of the Sakhalin Road
Safety Council believe partnership helps
to maximize existing resources and trans-
fers joint efforts into long-term, efficient
programs. The basis of such optimism is
the fact that the partners have been work-
ing together for more than eight years and
their initiatives have yielded good results.
The Sakhalin Road Safety Council unites
representatives of the Sakhalin Oblast
government, the local Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Road Traffic Safety Inspection,
the public, and – representing the busi-
ness sector – Sakhalin Energy.
Safety is one of the key priorities for the
company. During all the years of its ac-
tivities, Sakhalin Energy has been imple-
menting programs targeted at road safety.
Sakhalin Energy
Road Safety –
Fundamental Right
and Everybody’s
Responsibility
By Natalia Gonchar, Sakhalin Energy
We drive and bike, walk, and even run trying to catch the
rhythm of modern life. For most of us, traffic has become
an integral part of our everyday routines. We take it for
granted and do not consider the road to be a source of
constant danger – until suddenly a car accident happens
and we are forced to reconsider … and think. Each year
nearly 1.24 million people die as a result of road traffic
accidents. It means that more than 3,300 are killed on the
road every day.