1. United Nations Global Road Safety Weeks

2. Background Major global advocacy event called for through UN General Assembly resolutions Planned by members of the UN Road Safety Collaboration Formal communications through Member States Feature global, regional and national events focused on a common theme Huge undertaking

3. First UN Global Road Safety Week 23-29 April 2007 on "Young road users" Events: +300 national in 75 countries / World Youth Assembly for Road Safety Materials: "Youth and road safety", "Youth Declaration for Road Safety" and others Media: Featured in hundreds of world's leading media outlets Outcomes: Policy and programme changes

4. Second UN Global Road Safety Week Please send ideas to sminkeyl@who.int !