Compact

First Russian meeting to support Annan's Global Compact initiative held in Moscow

20 November 2001
A top United Nations official has encouraged Russian companies to set up their own network to promote the Global Compact, an initiative proposed three years ago by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to involve businesses in upgrading environmental, labour and human rights conditions.

Global Compact meeting on corporate citizenship to open in Moscow on Monday

16 November 2001
The first-ever meeting of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Global Compact initiative in the Russian Federation will open in Moscow on Monday, a United Nations spokesman announced today.

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.

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.