United Nations A/RES/58/289 General Assembly Distr.: General 11 May 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 160 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 April 2004 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.60/Rev.1 and Add.1)] 58/289. Improving global road safety The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 57/309 of 22 May 2003 and 58/9 of 5 November 2003, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the global road safety crisis, 1 Noting the recommendation contained in the report of the Secretary-General that a coordinating body be identified within the United Nations system to provide support in this field 2 and the recommendation that the United Nations regional commissions undertake certain activities, 3 Convinced that responsibility for road safety rests at the local, municipal and national levels, Recognizing that many developing countries and countries with economies in transition have limited capacities to address these issues, and underlining, in this context, the importance of international cooperation towards further supporting the efforts of developing countries, in particular, to build capacities in the field of road safety, and of providing financial and technical support for their efforts, Commending the initiative of the Government of France, the World Health Organization and the World Bank in launching the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention in Paris on 7 April 2004, in observance of World Health Day, with the theme “Road safety is no accident”, which contains a number of recommendations, Also commending the United Nations regional commissions and their subsidiary bodies for responding to the above-mentioned resolutions and to the report of the Secretary-General, Takes note of the recommendations contained in the World report on road 1. traffic injury prevention; _______________ 1 A/58/228. Ibid., para. 44 (a). 3 Ibid., para. 44 (k). 2 03 51186