The UN Road Safety Fund at the 2026 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Road Safety 

 

As per UN General Assembly resolution A/80/L.46  the UNGA High-Level Meeting on Road Safety (HLM), will take place the 20–21 July under the theme “Scaling up and accelerating implementation of commitments to halving road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030”.  It is a key opportunity for the global community to mobilize stronger commitments, sustainable financing, and coordinated action to address the global road safety crisis and accelerate progress toward SDG target 3.6. 

 

UNRSF Partnership Pledging Conference  

Accelerating Road Safety and SDG Progress Through Multistakeholder Commitments 

20 July 2026 | UN Headquarters, New York City 

We are pleased to inform Member States and partners that 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. 

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

 

 

EVENT DOCUMENTS 

RELIVE PAST PLEDGING CONFERENCES 

 

 

CONTACT 

For further information please contact: 

Public Engagements Officer: valeria.motta@un.org 

Program Management Assistant: aleksandra.kokoreva@un.org