Improving global road safety A/RES/72/271 Commending the World Health Organization, along with the regional commissions and other United Nations system agencies, for facilitating a process to develop voluntary global performance targets and corresponding indicators for road safety, as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 70/260, as well as by the World Health Assembly in its resolution 69.7, adopted on 28 May 2016, 4 1. Reiterates its invitation to Member States and the international community to intensify national, regional and international collaboration, with a view to meeting the ambitious road safety-related targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 5 2. Welcomes the adoption by the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) of the New Urban Agenda, 6 which, taking into account that the majority of road traffic deaths and injuries take place in urban areas, gives appropriate consideration to road safety and access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable public transport and non -motorized modes of transport, paying special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons; 3. Also welcomes the approval by consensus of the 12 voluntary global performance targets for road safety risk factors and service delivery mechanisms at the meeting of States members of the World Health Organization held in Geneva on 20 and 21 November 2017, notes the work of the World Health Organization in developing corresponding indicators intended to help measure progress towards achieving these targets, encourages the application of these indicators, when appropriate, and in this respect encourages the World Health Organization to carry out activities to support countries, especially countries in Africa and the least developed countries, in the implementation of targets and measurement of progress; 4. Encourages Member States to take steps, following good practices, towards achieving the voluntary global performance targets for road safety; 5. Invites Member States that have not already done so to develop and implement national road safety plans, as appropriate, and to consider adopting comprehensive legislation in line with the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020, with a view to meeting the target of increasing the percentage of countries with comprehensive legislation on key risk factors, including the non-use of seat belts, child restraints and helmets, the drinking of alcohol and driving, and speeding, from 15 per cent to at least 50 per cent by 2020, as agreed in resolution 64/255, and to consider implementing appropriate, effective and evidenceand/or science-based legislation on other risk factors related to distracted or impaired driving; 6. Reaffirms the role and importance of the United Nations legal instruments on road safety, such as the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic, 7 the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic, 8 the 1968 Convention on Road Signs and Signals, 9 the 1958 and 1998 agreements on technical vehicle regulations, the 1997 agreement on periodic technical inspection of vehicles and the 1957 agreement on the transport of dangerous goods, in facilitating road safety at the global, regional and national levels, and commends Member States that have acceded to these international legal instruments on road safety; __________________ 4 5 6 7 8 9 18-05866 See World Health Organization, document WHA69/2016/REC/1. Resolution 70/1. Resolution 71/256, annex. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 125, No. 1671. Ibid., vol. 1042, No. 15705. Ibid., vol. 1091, No. 16743. 5/9