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Hooked on Road Safety

Global Road Safety, United Nations and Canada

Following the 2005 UN resolution A/60/5 on improving global road safety, a Canadian multi-sectoral workshop on global road safety was held in Ottawa. The goal was to find ways for Canada to play a role in road safety at the national and international levels.

April 23-29, 2007 was the first United Nations' Global Road Safety Week, with the theme “young road users” Why? Because too many youth are victims of road traffic injuries and deaths. During the week, events to raise awareness and promote road safety were held around the world. They included the World Youth Assembly for Road Safety and the Canadian Road Safety Youth Conference.

On March 31, 2008, the United Nations General Assembly in New York approved a resolution on global road safety which among other things welcomes the offer of the Government of the Russian Federation to host and provide necessary financial support for the First Global High Level (Ministerial) Conference on Road Safety in 2009 and encourages member states to strengthen their commitment to road safety including by observing the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on the third Sunday of November of every year. The resolution was sponsored by Oman and co-sponsored by about 90 other member states, including Canada.

Timeline of events

United Nations World Youth Assembly for Road Safety / Canadian Road Safety Youth Conference / Youth Declaration

Energized by the success of the 2007 road safety events, people and groups across Canada remain actively committed to increasing road safety here and abroad.

The Canadian Global Road Safety Committee continues to work with national road safety associations to promote road safety. To learn about events and ways you can get involved, visit:

National Year of Road Safety, 2010 / National Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims starting in 2008 / Other road safety events

The Canadian Road Safety Youth Committee was formed after the 2007 national and international road safety youth conferences. Its members are young Canadians committed to addressing youth road safety issues.

Road safety depends on you! Check out career and volunteer opportunities that target improving road safety.

Educational opportunities / Career opportunities / Volunteer opportunities

Date modified:
2009-09-04

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