United Nations
62nd General Assembly adopts Resolution

November 2009 Ministerial Conference

In the Monday, March 31st U.N. General Assembly session, Ambassador Fuad Al-Hinai, Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations introduced Resolution A/62/L-43 Improving Global Road Safety.  The resolution, co-sponsored by 94 nations, called for a United Nations ministerial conference on global road safety.  General Victor Kiryanov, Head of the Russian Federation Road Safety Inspectorate, announced on behalf of his government that the Russian Federation will host the November 2009 conference.   Over 250 observers attended the General Assembly session and the post-briefing.  Ambassador Al-Hinai and General Kiryanov announced the passage of the resolution and took questions from attending stakeholders and media during the post-session briefing.  They were joined on the dais by Lord Robertson, Chairman of the Commission for Global Road Safety, Anthony Bliss, Lead Road Safety Specialist at the World Bank, Department of Energy, Transport and Water, Karla Gonzalez, Minister of Public Works and Transport for Costa Rica, Dr. Etienne Krug, Director of the World Health Organization Department for Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, and Michelle Yeoh, film actress and Global Ambassador for the Make Roads Safe Campaign.
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Uruguay National Road Safety Plan for Children

Data Collection Project Launched in Uruguay

Representatives from Uruguay's Ministries of the Interior, Transportation and Health and other key stakeholders met on December 18, 2007 to launch the first phase of the Uruguay National Road Safety Plan for Children. Nani Rodriguez, President of the Gonzalo Rodriguez Memorial Foundation, Lisa Hayes, Associate Director of The Global Road Safety Forum, and Ann Dellinger, Epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Uruguay to announce the project's launch. Phase I is focusing on the collection of critical data on child road users. The team met with the Ministry of the Interior, law enforcement officials and representatives from the health sector working in injury cotnrol and surveillance and conducted site visits to police stations and hospitals to obtain baseline information on current datra collection processes. UNASEV, the government agency charged with coordination of road safety by President Tabare Vasquez, welcomed the team's expertise in addressing a key agency priority - conordinating, assessing and improving the collision data reporting system.

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Stakeholders support regional committee on road safety
for latin america and the caribbean

Transitional Commission Presents Proposed Regional Committee Charter

The Transitional Commisson on Road Safety in Latin America and the Caribbean organized the Second Latin American and Caribbean Road Safety Stakeholders Forum. The December meeting was held iin Rio Grande, Puerto Rico in conjunction with the 2007 Road Safety Congress of the Americas organized by the Puerto Rico Traffic Safety Commission. Stakeholders from 18 countries throughout the region gathered to review work completed by the Transitional Commission over the past year, review and revise the Regional Committee charter, and prepare for a Regional Ministerial Conference to be held later this year. For additional information on the Forum and the Regional Commitee ►

Resolution acknowledging President Óscar Arias Sánchez

Road Safety Leadership in Costa Rica & the Latin American and Carbbean Region

Stakeholders of the 2nd Latin American and Caribbean Road Safetry Forum adopted by consensus a resolution acknowledging the leadership of President Óscar Arias Sánchez and Karla Gonzalez on road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean. The resolution thanks President Arias for his service as Honorary Chair of the Transitional Commission and invites him to continue in this leadership role as the Regional Committee evolves. The document formally requests President Arias communicate with
regional Heads of State and recommend that road safety be made a priority for their countries, that they support the Regional Committee and its efforts to build road safety
capacity in the region, and that they prepare to participate in the 2009 United Nations Global
Ministerial Conference on Road Safety..The resolution was initiated by Transitional
Commission members, Lucien Jones, Vice Chairman and Convener of the Jamaican National
Road Safety Council, and Nani Rodríguez, President of the Gonzalo Rodríguez Memorial
Foundation. Read the full resolution [English] [Spanish]