Background resources
Speech by Lord Robertson at Berlin Make Roads Safe event Speech by Michael Schumacher at Berlin Make Roads Safe event Speech by Lord Robertson to mark UN Road Safety Week 2007 Speech by Prince Michael of Kent to mark UN Road Safety Week 2007 Statement by Lord Robertson to APEC Road Safety Summit Speech by Lord Robertson at launch of Make Roads Safe report Make Roads Safe report - English (June 2006) Make Roads Safe report - French (June 2006) Make Roads Safe report - German (June 2006) Make Roads Safe report - Italian (June 2006) Make Roads Safe report - Russian (June 2006) Make Roads Safe launch press release (June 2006) News release announcing Commission for Global Road Safety (Feb 2006) Announcement of World Bank Global Road Safety Facility (Nov 2005) UN Resolution - Improving Global Road Safety (October 2005) Report - The Global Road Safety Crisis (August 2005) World Health Assembly Resolution - Road Safety and Health (May 2004) Adoption of UN Resolution 58/289 on Improving Global Road Safety (April 2004) Designation of World Health Day 2004 to road safety (April 2004) Publication of the World Bank/WHO Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (April 2004)
31/03/08:
First UN Ministerial Summit on Global Road Safety Approved
The United Nations General Assembly has today approved the first ever global UN Conference on road safety, in an effort to reduce the rapidly growing death toll on the world’s roads.
Watch the MAKE ROADS SAFE film
Watch the Make Roads Safe film to see the impact of road deaths in developing countries.