Davos Open Forum 2003 - Business & the Global Compact

http://www.weforum.org/ 24.01.2003
Open Forum: How Can Business Contribute to the Global Compact?
The United Nations has taken the lead to promote the participation of business in solving global issues such as poverty, environmental sustainability and global health through numerous initiatives including the Global Compact and the Millennium Development Goals. However, the value of public-private partnerships has come under much discussion.
The agenda points are:
1) How well is the United Nations positioned to develop business partnerships?
2) What can business contribute to improve the capacity of the UN and the efficiency of partnerships?
3) How can the different concerns of society at large surrounding the Global Compact be addressed?
A session co-organized with the Swiss-United Nations Association
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
Joseph Deiss
Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr, Global Chief Executive Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch, USA
John G. Ruggie, Professor of International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA
Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland
Introduced by
Norbert Hochreutner, Vice-President, Swiss-United Nations Association, Switzerland
Moderated by
Lukas Schmutz, Correspondent, Basler Zeitung, Switzerland

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