Press Conference

press briefing on global compact summit

Briefing correspondents on the Global Compact Leaders Summit taking place at Headquarters today, representatives of business and civil society stressed the need to implement the Compact’s principles on corporate responsibility, especially in country’s lacking legal frameworks, and to translate global business into social benefits. 

press conference by un Environment Programme,

swiss agency for development and cooperation

Failure to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance issues in equity pricing would endanger long-term shareholder values, according to the findings of a report launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

press conference by president of brazil

In the course of the largest-ever gathering of business, labour, civil society and government representatives today at Headquarters, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva briefed correspondents on his participation in the “The Global Compact Leaders Summit”.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

World corporate leaders meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York today reinforced their commitment to take more responsibility for human rights, labour practices, and the environment –- the hallmarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Global Compact initiative –- by vowing to help put a stop to bribery, extortion, and other forms of graft.

press briefing by un readiness brigade

The Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Multinational Stand-by High Readiness Brigade for United Nations Operations (SHIRBRIG), General Gunther Greindl, and Brigadier General Gregory Mitchell today briefed correspondents on their meetings here in New York, including on a potential mission to the Sudan.

press conference on ‘focus 2004:  treaties on the protection of civilians’

Twenty-four treaties on the protection of civilians would be the focus of the 2004 treaty-signing and -ratification event to be held from 21 to 24 September, Palitha Kohona, Chief of the Treaty Section in the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING ON CIVIL SOCIETY ROLE IN PEACE-BUILDING

Hailing today’s Security Council debate on the role of civil society in post-conflict peace-building, a diverse group of civic actors also urged the 15-nation body to deepen its dialogue by emphasizing the involvement of local groups working in conflict-affected countries and including such dialogue in its field missions.

PRESS BRIEFING ON GLOBAL COMPACT SUMMIT

Over 400 chief executive officers (CEOs) and representatives of international civil society are set to join Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters in New York later this week to discuss better corporate practices in human rights, labour and the environment -- hallmarks of his Global Compact initiative, the event’s organizers announced today.

press conference by Philippine foreign secretary

Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, Delia Domingo Albert, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today that tomorrow’s Security Council open debate on the role of civil society in post-conflict peace-building was expected to highlight how the United Nations and the Security Council in particular could harness the role of civil society in hastening the process of peace-building in various parts of the world.

press briefing by panel on un – civil society relations

To be effective in today’s world, the United Nations must reach beyond its core membership of central governments and make full use of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector, parliamentarians and local authorities, former Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.