Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile president Jean Todt and actress Michelle Yeoh have been conferred the Humanitarian of the Year award by the United Nations Association of New York for their dedicated work in promoting road safety around the world. FIA is the world’s governing body in charge of motorsports. Todt, meanwhile, is the former team principal of Scuderia Ferrari in Formula 1.

“Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh have mobilized sustained commitment toward road safety and development,” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at the event, held at the J. W. Marriott Essex House in New York City. “Road safety is not a privilege but a basic human right.”

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