RTIRN is a member of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration ( www.who.int/roadsafety/en/) and participated in the recent meeting in Geneva on 5-6 Oct 2010. Dr. Adnan Hyder, Chair of RTIRN attended the meeting and represented the network. The capacity development initiatives of RTIRN were reported to UNRSC including the support for junior researchers, sabbaticals for senior researchers, conference scholarships, webinars, and regional workshops. The UNRSC was very pleased with these initiatives and members were delighted to receive hard copies of reports on these activities. RTIRN and its partners were congratulated for this work in capacity development of research in low and middle income countries. The board of RTIRN would like to express thanks to all its partners and especially the generous financial support of the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility and the WHO for these initiatives. For copies of the reports please see http://www.rtirn.net