The 23rd International Conference on Safe Communities was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, on 9-14 October 2017. In closing ceremony, the flag of safe communities was presented by Dr. Mirjana Milakov, Serbia, to Dr. Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Iran, in order to hold the next International Conference on Safe Communities, in 2019. This conference has been held in a country for several decades every two years, accordingly, the 24th conference will be held in Tabriz, in 2019. In 2015, the Safe Community Support Center of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences has been approved by the World Health Organization's cooperation office in Karolinska, Sweden, after extensive efforts by the authorities. This center is an Iranian official member in the International Safe Communities Network.