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Economic issues

23 June 2004

ECO/67-ORG/1418

UN ANNOUNCES INITIATIVE TO ALIGN MANAGERIAL PRACTICES WITH GLOBAL COMPACT; AIMS TO MAKE UN LEADING EXAMPLE OF ‘RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE CTIZENSHIP’

23/06/2004

Press Release
ECO/67
ORG/1418

un announces initiative to align managerial practices with global compact;

aims to make un leading example of ‘responsible corporate ctizenship’

22 June 2004

ECO/66/Rev. 1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONVENES SUMMIT WITH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, NGOS AND LABOUR AT HEADQUARTERS ON 24 JUNE

22/06/2004

Press Release
ECO/66/Rev. 1*

Secretary-General convenes summit with Chief Executive Officers,

NGOs and Labour at headquarters on 24 june

NEW YORK, 22 June -- More than 400 Chief Executive Officers and representatives of international civil society will discuss a range of issues key to corporate leadership and responsibility at a meeting called by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to take place at United Nations Headquarters on 24 June.

15 June 2004

ECOSOC/6113

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DECIDES TO APPOINT RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

15/06/2004

Press Release
ECOSOC/6113

Economic and Social Council

2004 Organizational Session

14^th Meeting (PM)

9 June 2004

ECO/64

GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT AT HEADQUARTERS TO SET STAGE FOR EXPANSION OF GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

09/06/2004

Press Release
ECO/64

GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT AT HEADQUARTERS TO SET STAGE

FOR EXPANSION OF GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

NEW YORK, 9 June -- On 24 June 2004, Secretary-General Kofi Annan will convene the Global Compact Leaders Summit at United Nations Headquarters, the largest gathering ever of chief executive officers, government officials and leaders of civil society and labour, on the topic of corporate responsibility.

3 June 2004

ECOSOC/6112

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO DECIDE AT 2004 SESSION ON GRADUATION OF CAPE VERDE, MALDIVES FROM LIST OF POOREST COUNTRIES

03/06/2004

Press Release
ECOSOC/6112

Economic and Social Council

2004 Organizational Session

13^th Meeting (PM)

10 May 2004

ECO/60

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TEAMS UP WITH UN TO NAIL DOWN PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT

10/05/2004

Press Release
ECO/60

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TEAMS UP WITH UN TO NAIL DOWN

PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT

NEW YORK, 10 May (UN Department of Public Information) -- The non-profit that organizes the famed global policy forums in Davos signed a memorandum of understanding today with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, on a joint effort to define policies that will maximize business contributions to development and the fight against poverty.