Compact

Conference on Annan's Global Compact initiative opens in London

29 October 2001
Officials from various business and labour interests are among the scores of participants gathered at a conference which opened today in London on Secretary-General's Global Compact initiative.

Some 500 participants attend Brazil forum on Annan's 'Global Compact' initiative

18 October 2001
Some 500 participants gathered in Brazil today to discuss Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Global Compact initiative - an effort to involve business in upgrading environmental, labour and human rights conditions, and to bring the benefits of globalization to more people worldwide.

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.