Resources Publications The role of the UN Regional Commissions in Transport and Road Safety Issues Jan. 2004 FIA Foundation Interview with the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Road Safety Carnage rises on Third World roads – The Atlanta Journal – Constitution 12/26/2003 Backgrounders The following Backgrounders have been prepared to illustrate how efforts across the world contribute to progress in road safety: Rochelle Sobel: Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) – A Mother’s Story The Coming Plague of Road Traffic Injuries: A Preventable Burden for Rich and Poor Countries Bogota, Columbia: Road Safety Efforts Costa Rica Makes Progress on Road Safety Interview with Goff Jacobs, Specialist Advisor for the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) Sweden: A Road Safety Model with Global Potential Vietnam and The World Bank: A Case Study Links Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) www.asirt.org Bone and Joint Decade www.boneandjointdecade.org UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) www.transport-links.org European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL) www.tispol.org FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society www.fiafoundation.com Global Road Safety Partnership www.grsproadsafety.org Harvard’s Road Traffic Injuries And Health Equity Conference www.hsph.harvard.edu/traffic/index.html International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) www.icadts.org International Road Federation www.irfnet.org International Road Transport Union www.iru.org National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ South African Road Federation (SARF) www.sarf.co.za/index.php SweRoad www.sweroad.se The Task Force for Child Survival and Development www.taskforce.org Transport Research Laboratory www.trl.co.uk United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org/ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs http://www.un.org/esa/desa.htm UNECE www.unece.org UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/ffl/12/8.htm The World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/transport/roads/safety.htm World Health Organization http://www.who.int/world-health-day/2004/en/
