ITF pledges support to UN High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport

The Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD, José Viegas, has welcomed the creation of a High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and pledged to support the work of the new body. The creation of the Advisory Group was announced by the UN on August 8th. It will consist of twelve leading representatives of the transport sector and is mandated to provide Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with recommendations on sustainable transport that will be actionable on global, national, local and sector levels over the next three years. Viegas said: “The creation of the UN High-Level