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UNRSF Partnership Pledging Conference: Accelerating Road Safety & SDG Progress Through Multistakeholder Commitments
On the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Road Safety, the UNRSF Partnership Pledging Conference will take place on Monday, 20 July 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST) at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The UNRSF Partnership Pledging Conference will take place on Monday, 20 July 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST) at United Nations Headquarters in New York. 

Co-hosted by France, Jamaica, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety, and the UN Regional Commissions New York Office, the Conference will serve as an important platform for multistakeholder commitments that reinforce and replenish the UN Road Safety Fund. It aims to mobilise USD 10.6 million to sustain and expand UNRSF interventions, enabling the Fund to drive stronger, more coordinated road safety action and impact during the second half of the Decade of Action for Road Safety. 

Pledges announced at the Conference will take effect from 2027.

Member States, senior executives, and philanthropists are encouraged to attend in person at the highest level. Each delegation may register a speaker to announce pledges as indicated in the UNRSF Pledging Form.  

The deadline for registration and submission of pledges is 6 July 2026 (COB New York).

Programme:

High-level Opening Segment 

10:00 – 10:45

  • Welcome remarks, video message, United Nations Secretary General (TBC)

  • Opening remarks, representative of France

  • Opening remarks, representative of Jamaica 

  • Opening remarks, Jean Todt, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety

 

Scene Setter 

10:45 – 11:15 

  • UNRSF Results & 2026 – 2030 Strategic Plan, Nneka Henry, Head UN Road Safety Fund

 

High-level Pledging Segment 

11:15 – 12:15

  • Member State Pledges and Statements of Appreciation

  • Multistakeholder Pledges and Statements of Appreciation

 

12: 15 Accelerating Progress Towards the 2030 Target

12:15-12:30

  • Final reflections and way forward, Thilmeeza Hussain, Director Regional Commissions New York Office  

12:30 End

 

 

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