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1.11.2007 - 03:00pm ET
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UN Secretary-General Ban Commits to Carry Forward the Global Compact
(CSRwire) NEW YORK, January 11, 2007—Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the
New York business community yesterday at an event hosted by the UNA-USA
Business Council for the United Nations and the Association for a Better
New York. In his first speech outside of the United Nations as
Secretary-General, Ban proclaimed: “The United Nations and business need
each other.”
Stressing that business, trade and investment are “essential pillars of
peace and prosperity”, the Secretary-General confirmed that the United
Nations must engage more fully with non-state actors in order to bring
about a prosperous, more secure and peaceful world. According to Ban, in
today’s inter-dependent world business and the UN share common goals of
“building and supporting strong economies and communities, providing
opportunities for people to pursue a livelihood, and ensuring that
everyone can live in dignity”.
Secretary-General Ban deemed the Global Compact as central to the United
Nations’ engagement with the private sector. He stated that widespread
social and economic gains can result when business engages in responsible
practices which respect human rights, ensure safe workplaces, exercise
environmental care and are not corrupt. The Secretary-General concluded
his remarks by calling on business “to advance universal principles
within your spheres of influence”.
Link to:
“Secretary-General's address to the UNA-USA Business Council for the
United Nations and the Association for a Better New York”
About the UN Global Compact
The UN Global Compact is the world's largest voluntary corporate
citizenship initiative with thousands of participants located in over 100
countries. As a multi-stakeholder initiative, the UN Global Compact brings
together all relevant actors – government, business, workers and civil
society – to advance universal principles in the areas of human rights,
labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption. For more
information, please visit: www.unglobalcompact.org.
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