A/RES/58/9 Recognizing the importance of further strengthening the efforts of developing countries to build capacities in the field of road safety, and of providing financial and technical support for those efforts, Welcoming the efforts of the relevant United Nations agencies and many other organizations in promoting road traffic safety, Commending the World Health Organization for its important work, and welcoming the selection of the theme “Road safety” for the observance of World Health Day on 7 April 2004, when the World Health Organization will release its World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention, 1. Decides to hold a plenary meeting of the General Assembly on 14 April 2004 in connection with World Health Day and the launching of the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention to increase awareness at a high level of the magnitude of the road traffic injury problem, and invites Governments to participate, as appropriate; Invites the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the 2. Director-General of the World Health Organization, the President of the World Bank, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to address the Assembly; Invites the Economic and Social Council, working with other relevant 3. organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, and through its regional commissions, to facilitate the exchange of information on best road traffic safety practices and the development of recommendations for road traffic injury control; Requests the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to 4. organize a meeting of experts, the private sector, relevant non-governmental organizations, members of civil society and other interested parties, including the media, on the morning of 15 April 2004, in conjunction with the plenary meeting, to raise awareness and exchange information on best road practices; Underlines the need for international cooperation to deal with issues of 5. road safety; 6. Requests the Secretary-General, through an appropriate United Nations body, to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session on the progress made in improving global road safety and the issues referred to in the present resolution, also taking into consideration the views expressed during the meetings on 14 and 15 April 2004; Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixtieth session the 7. item entitled “Global road safety crisis”. 56th plenary meeting 5 November 2003 2