Amidst an increasingly bleak global economic outlook, IRU is calling on governments to ramp up efforts to support road transport operators so they can drive broader financial and social recovery. 

With the aim to support trade and transit flows during the pandemic, UNECE and IRU issued a series of recommendations for border crossing operations, drawing on the benefits offered by tried and tested UN Conventions.

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, regular coach lines and coach tourism trips have been cancelled since March and the coach travel and tourism industry is facing a complete shutdown.

新冠肺炎疫情为全球带来了前所未有的挑战，考虑到目前规划下半年重大活动时仍有不明朗因素，IRU日前做出艰难决定，将原定于10月19日至21日在柏林举行的IRU世界大会延期举行。