UAE to host international road workshop

Abu Dhabi, March 24 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host an international symposium in April to highlight social, health and economic impact of road accidents.

The symposium will be hosted by the Emirates Traffic Safety Society in April in partnership with International Road Federation on "Accident Prevention and Arab Road Safety Organisation".

According to Hassan Ahmed Al Hosani, secretary general of Emirates Traffic Safety Society, traffic problems have severe social and health consequences varying in their gravity from one country to another depending on their root causes.

--IANS/WAM

sd/vd