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ECO/192
NEW YORK, 7 June (United Nations Global Compact Office) — When it comes to broad implementation of responsible business practices, company size matters most. And while businesses around the world seem to be making tangible progress in addressing environmental concerns, many continue to struggle in the human rights and anti-corruption arena.
SC/10270
On 2 June 2011, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the two entries specified below from the list of individuals established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1483 (2003). The sanctions measures set out in paragraph 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) therefore no longer apply to the following individuals:
SG/SM/13617-ENV/DEV/1222
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, to the high-level segment of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Amazon, Congo and Borneo-Mekong Forest Basins, in Brazzaville, 3 June: