Compact

Report examines benefits, perils of UN partnerships with non-state actors

4 October 2001
Non-State actors are now engaged to an unprecedented degree in most areas of United Nations work, offering opportunities for the world body to increase its effectiveness in serving its member countries, according to a new report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

One year after its launch, 'Global Compact' is making inroads, UN official says

31 July 2001
One year after Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched his Global Compact - an initiative to encourage business and labour to respect standards relating to the environment, employment laws and human rights - the effort was "making great inroads in many quarters," a senior United Nations official told reporters in New York today.

Annan urges UK business leaders to back Global Compact, AIDS fund

22 June 2001
Addressing a large group of business leaders from the United Kingdom, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed for corporate support for two important initiatives - the global fund to fight the AIDS epidemic and the Global Compact venture aimed at enlisting corporations and the civil society to tackle the challenges of globalization.