85. The secretariat informed WP.29 about the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011 – 2020, which would be globally launched on 11 May 2011. The Decade was officially proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in March 2010. It provides a framework to increase actions to save lives on the world’s roads. The secretariat explained that under Pillar 3 of the action plan “Safer vehicles”, activities of WP.29 were included, particularly under Activity 1 and Activity 7. This latter activity was considered relevant for the 1997 Agreement.

86. The suggestions by the secretariat were to: (a) identify those areas of Pillar 3 activities under the responsibility of WP.29, (b) mandate the subsidiary bodies of WP.29 to address their tasks in those areas where outcomes are expected, and © invite the secretariat to participate in the meetings of the Evaluation Working Group that will be set up within this framework. WP.29 decided to revise this approach at the June 2011 session. The representative of the EU informed WP.29 about a similar initiative “Towards a European road safety area” for the same period of time 2011–2020.