globalization

Globalization must be harnessed to benefit rich and poor alike, UN labour agency says

24 February 2004
The world's interdependent economy benefits few and disenfranchises many, according to a new report presented today by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) which calls for building an “inclusive” globalization.

Trade paths of the poor blocked, while others consume unsustainably - Annan

20 October 2003
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said that too many poor people face obstacles to trading their way out of poverty, while others pursue unsustainable levels of consumption.

Citizens of nation states must be world citizens in era of globalization - Annan

12 September 2003
With the forces of globalization on the rise and the interdependence of the world's peoples growing, citizens of the nation states must also act as global citizens with a major role accruing to the United Nations in the effort to reach truly multilateral decisions, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

UN University, UNESCO host Tokyo forum on globalization

30 July 2003
The United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo today teamed with the world body’s cultural heritage agency and leading development experts to kick off an international conference to explore ways to make globalization work for the benefit of all humankind.

Hosting latest UN lecture, Annan urges fairness in globalization process

14 March 2003
Noting that hundreds of millions of people have either been adversely affected by globalization or left out altogether, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged that the process be shaped so that there are not winners and losers, but only winners.

Annan urges World Social Forum to keep focus on plight of world's poor

27 January 2003
Even with international attention galvanized by high-stakes security issues - from Iraq to the Korean peninsula - social activists must make sure that the plight of the world's poorest people and weakest countries is not abandoned, United Nations Secretary-General said in a message to the World Social Forum, under way in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Annan urges greater focus on good governance at UN-backed meeting in Morocco

11 December 2002
To make progress in building a better world, the international community will need to pay much more attention to democracy, public administration and sound systems of governance, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to the opening of a high-level meeting in Morocco seeking to improve the public sector.

UN-backed meeting in Morocco to focus on modernizing governments

4 December 2002
Making governments more responsive to citizens and the private sector, modernizing their operations and reconciling the values of local societies with the sweeping culture of globalization will be high on the agenda of a United Nations-supported meeting next week in Marrakech, Morocco.
Louise Fréchette

In Finland, Fréchette urges States to define interests within global framework

3 December 2002
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, today urged participants at a meeting in Finland on partnerships to view their concerns from a global perspective.
Kofi Annan

Annan calls for 'globalization of community' to meet present and future challenge

2 October 2002
Urging efforts to make worldwide integration an inclusive force, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for a "globalization of community."