On 19th May, at the invitation of the Brazilian Minister of Health, Mr. Todt spoke at a side-event of the WHA in Geneva along with Mr. Arthur Chioro, Minister of Health of Brazil; Mr. Victor Kiryanov, Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation; South Africa’s Minister of Health Dr. Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi; Thailand’s Minister of Health Prof. Rajata Rajatanavin; Dr. Mitchell Wolfe, Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services of the United States of America; Ms. Jeanne Picard Mahaut, Federación Iberoamericana de Asociaciones de Víctimas contra la Violencia Vial; and Dr. Etienne Krug, WHO, Director, Dept. for Management of NCDs, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention. The debate focused on challenges for the second half of the Decade of Action for Road Safety and expectations for the Second Global High Level Conference on Road Safety.