Registration Open for High-level Meeting on Global Road Safety
In accordance with General Assembly resolution 80/247 of 10 March 2026, the President of the General Assembly, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, will convene a one-and-a-half-day high-level meeting on improving global road safety on 20 and 21 July 2026 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The overall theme of the meeting will be “Scaling up and accelerating implementation of commitments to halving road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030.”
The event will bring Heads of State and government, ministers, officials and experts together from governments, the UN, civil society, academia, the private sector and philanthropic foundations to advance progress in meeting the goal of halving road deaths and injuries by 2030 that was agreed in the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The one-and-a-half day event will be live-streamed online. It builds on the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting on Road Safety adopted by the UN General Assembly in June 2022, and the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety held in Morocco in February 2025 as well as previous three Global Ministerial Conference held in Moscow in 2009, Brasilia in 2015 and Stockholm in 2020.
A note by the UN Secretary-General, titled ‘Improving global road safety’ was released on February 13, 2026. The report notes that road traffic injuries remain a major global health and development challenge, and that road safety must be institutionalized as a long-term priority, with robust agencies, strategic planning and measurable targets in place across all countries, and supported by the private sector, civil society and youth movements regardless of income level.
Date/Time: 20 July, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
21 July, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: UN Headquarters, New York
General Assembly Hall and Trusteeship Council Chamber
Registration
This registration is for representatives of Specially Accredited Organizations only. If your organization has consultative status with ECOSOC, your representatives should register using a separate link which will be available shortly. To check if your organization has been Specially Accredited, please check here.
Registration closes on 12 July at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Available broadcast live on UN Web TV.
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More information: WHO website
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The President of the General Assembly of the United Nations will convene a High-level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety on 20 and 21 July 2026 at the UN Headquarters in New York under the theme of
To support inclusive participation in this process the special accreditation is now open for Non‑Governmental organizations NGOs without ECOSOC consultative status, civil society organizations, including private sector entities and academia and other relevant stakeholders wishing to participate.
Submit your application through the Civil Society Platform
Application deadline: 15 May 2026
Important note: Applications are submitted at the organizational level only (one per entity) and individuals may not apply.
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For more information about the High-level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety, please see the official website HERE.
If you have questions about the special accreditation process, please email ngls@un.org, indicating [Road Safety Accreditation] in the subject line.
Multi-Stakeholder Hearing on Road Safety
In accordance with General Assembly resolution 80/247 the President of the General Assembly will organize an interactive multi-stakeholder hearing on 12 May 2026 as part of the preparatory process for the high‑level meeting on improving global road safety on 20 and 21 July 2026.
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters
Date: 12 May 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Format
The multi-stakeholder hearing will consist of an opening segment and two panel discussions. In line with General Assembly resolution 80/247 with regard to the themes of multi-stakeholder panels to be held during the high-level meeting on 20 and 21 July 2026, the themes for the panel discussions of the hearing will also be as follows:
Opening Segment: 10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m
Panel Discussion 1: 10:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m: Strengthening multisectoral coordination for road safety, drawing on best practices and lessons from countries successfully reducing road traffic deaths and injuries.
Panel Discussion 2: 11:40 a.m. – 1:00 p.m: Whole-of-government and whole-of-society action for sustainable financing and enhanced capacity.
The United Nations Webcast services will provide live streaming coverage of the meeting as well as on-demand coverage (recorded video) in all six UN official languages plus floor language, through the UN Web TV website at: http://webtv.un.org.
