Current Global Initiatives
The United Nations
A UN Ministerial Conference on global road safety is one of the key recommendations of the Commission for Global Road Safety, published in the June 2006 Make Roads Safe Report. The Commission, under the leadership of Lord Robertson, former NATO Secretary-General, recommended convening a worldwide conference to mobilize political and public support to reduce the worldwide road traffic fatality and injury rate, particularly in developing nations. The Global Road Safety Forum worked with Ambassador Fuad Al-Hinai, the Oman Ambassador to the United Nations, and the World Health Organization (WHO), to introduce a resolution on Global Road Safety during the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly on March 31, 2008. The resolution called for a UN Ministerial Conference on road safety in 2009. In preparation for the General Assembly Session, GRSF provided background data and information to explain the Resolution, and organized a briefing on global road safety for General Assembly attendees. Read more about the March 31st General Assembly outcomes►
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NAS transportation research board
Institute of medicine
GRSF is working closely with the United States Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences/Transportation Research Board to define a study on how the United States might benefit from and participate in efforts to prevent road traffic injuries in developing nations. Initial findings of an NAS workshop were published in Improving Road Safety in Developing Countries.