New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on November 19, 2009 that he will donate $125 million to six organizations—including ASIRT—to help reduce road traffic deaths and injuries globally.

ASIRT was chosen as one of Bloomberg’s Philanthropies' partners because of its successes as a leading advocacy group in road safety and work abroad, such as establishing a field office in Kenya, collaborating with U.S. embassies stateside, and committing to expand its operations more broadly. Click to read more.

Rochelle Sobel delivers remarks at first U.N.-backed ministerial conference in Moscow on global road safety Nov. 19.

The ‘first-ever’ United Nations-backed ministerial conference in Moscow that will address global road safety begins on Nov. 19. ASIRT’s President and Founder, Rochelle Sobel, will speak on behalf of the NGO community to more than 1,000 conference attendees. For information on this unprecidented conference, click here.

Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety Co-chairs, Congressmen Wexler, Van Hollen and Burton introduced House Concurrent Resolution 74, which supports goals and ideals of a decade of action for road safety with a global target to reduce by 50% the predicted increase in global road deaths between 2010 and 2020. The resolution urges the Obama Administration and State Department to take a leadership role at the first ministerial conference in Moscow in November 2009.

On September 23, 2009, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the House Concurrent Resolution 74, which encourages the Obama Administration to take an active role in the November Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Moscow. The Resolution was introduced by Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL).

To view the House proceedings on this resolution, click here.

Sunday, November 15, 2009 is this year's World Day of Remembrance for road traffic victims.  First established in 2007 by U.N. Resolution A760/5, every third Sunday in November is dedicated to road traffic victims and their families.  ASIRT has taken a lead role in promoting the recognition of this day in the U.S. and abroad.

For more information on this year's events, see the World Day of Remembrance website.