Speeches & Papers
Remarks by the Secretary-General
Message - delivered on behalf of H. E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, by Ms. Alicia Barcena, Under-Secretary-General for Management, 2007 Annual Award Dinner of the US Council for International Business, New York, 3 December 2007.
Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington D.C., 11 October 2007.
Closing remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Leaders Summit, Geneva, 5 July 2007.
Opening remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Leaders Summit, Geneva, 5 July 2007.
Address to the UNA-USA Business Council for the United Nations and the Association for a Better New York - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, New York (US), 10 January 2007.
Speeches
2008
"Human Rights: A Global Perspective" - by Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, Global Compact US Network Meeting, Boston, 29 April 2008.
"Ten Years After" - by Georg Kell at the Chatham House Conference "Corporate Responsibility 2008", London, UK, 12 March 2008.
Remarks - by H.E. Gunnar Wieslander, Secretary of State for Trade, Government of Sweden, at the 2008 African Private Sector Forum, Addis Ababa, 22 January 2008.2007
Keynote Speech - by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Climate Change, UN Global Compact “Caring for Climate” Dinner, Bali, 10 December 2007.
Caring for Climate - Remarks by Dr. R. K. Pachauri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Global Compact Leaders Summit, Geneva, 5 July 2007.
Remarks - by Gavin Power, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Summit, San Franscisco, USA, 11 June 2007.
Remarks - by Gavin Power, Water, Power and Development Conference: Embassy of Sweden, Washington D. C., 11 April 2007.
Keynote Remarks - by Gavin Power, Launch of Business Council on Climate Change, San Francisco, 1 March 2007.
2006
Freedom From Want and Fear: The Role of the UN Global Compact - remarks by Georg Kell, at Norwegian Confederation of Enterprise Conference, 'Business, Globalisation and Sustainable Development', Oslo, 12 December 2006.
Remarks - by Neville Isdell, Chariman of the Board and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company, Business for Social Responsibility 2006 Conference "Innovative Strategies - Measurable Impacts", 8 November 2006.
Opening remarks - by Gavin Power, Who Cares Wins Conference, Zurich, 28 September 2006.
Opening remarks - by Gavin Power at the "Midwest Conference on Corporate Responsibility" in Chicago, 22 June 2006.
G20 Energy and Resources Meeting - by Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of Anglo-American Plc and Chair of the Board of the Global Compact Foundation, at the workshop on Natural Resources and Energy of the Finance Ministry and Central Bank Deputies of the G20, 17 June 2006, Banff/Canada.
UN Global Compact: Financial Markets the Next Big Target - Interview with Georg Kell in Ethical Corporation June 2006, by editor Tobias Webb.
On Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights - by Klaus Leisinger, Special Advisor to the Secretary General on the Global Compact, April 2006.
Anti-Corruption and Corporate Citizenship - by Georg Kell at the Chatham House Conference "Corporate Responsibility 2006: Emerging Risks and Evolving Responsibilities." London, UK, 13 March 2006.
Remarks by
H.E. Peter Maurer, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, on the occasion
of NASDAQ Market Open.
26 January, New York
A New Mindset
for the United Nations - Address by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Plenary Session of
the World Economic Forum.
26 January, Davos/Switzerland
Who Cares Wins - The Convergence of Global Corporate Citizenship and Financial Markets - by Gavin Power at the Investment Management Institute Conference, 6 January 2006, Miami
2005
UNDP Administrator on Southern Business - Statement by Mr. Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on the occasion of the Financial Times and International Finance Corporation Conference: “ Southern Multinationals: A Rising Force in the World Economy”, Mumbai, India, 9 November 2005.The Global Compact and Human Rights - Remarks by Ursula Wynhoven at the Wilton Parks Conference "Business and Human Rights - Advancing the Agenda", 10 October 2005.
The Business Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals - Speech by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Paris, France, 14 June 2005.
"Gearing Up: Why Should Businesses Invest in Improving Public Sector Governance?” - Speech by Georg Kell at Chatham House, London, UK, 17 March 2005.
2004
European Conference on CSR - Remarks by Georg Kell, Maastricht, Netherlands, 7 November 2004.
Annual Award
Dinner of the US Council for International Business - Address by Louise Fréchette, United
Nations Deptuy-Secretary-General, New York, 12 October 2004.
Remarks to
Chinese Business Leaders - by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Beijing, 11
October 2004.
Closing
Remarks - by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Global Compact Leaders Summit, New
York, 24 June 2004.
Opening
Remarks - by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Global Compact Leaders Summit, New
York, 24 June 2004.
Creating
Public Value: Everybody's Business - Speech by John G. Ruggie, Special Advisor to the Secretary
General on the Global Compact, at the Alfred Herrhausen Society
Frankfurt, 15 March 2004.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at meeting with Japanese business leaders, Tokyo, 23
February 2004.
Message to the
ceremony launching the Global Compact in Egypt - by Kofi Annan, United Nations
Secretary-General, Cairo, 9 February 2004.
Remarks at meeting with
President Chirac and business executives on the Global Compact - by Kofi Annan, United Nations
Secretary-General, Paris, 27 January 2004.
Address to the World
Economic Forum - by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Davos, 23 January 2004.
2003
Private
Foreign Investment: What can the UN Global Compact do for the poorest countries
Speech delivered by Georg Kell at the Wilton Park Conference
24 March 2003
Are UN
Principles Good for Business?
Transcript of a discussion with Georg Kell recorded for the UN World Chronicle
8 January 2003
Human Rights and Corporate
Accountability
Speech delivered by Mary Robinson at the Annual Vice Presidents Luncheon of "The Fund for
Peace - Human Rights and Business Roundtable", Washington, D.C.
19 February 2003
2002
Keynote
speech
(PDF, 136kb) delivered by Maurice S. Strong, Special Advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General,
on the occasion of the 2002 International Human Resource Forum, Beijing
15 December 2002
The
Global Compact and the Challenges of Global Governance
(PDF, 132kb) - Speech given by John Ruggie at the Global Compact Learning Forum Meeting in
Berlin 11-13
December 2002
The
Secretary General - Address at Event Marking the 50th Anniversary of the MIT Sloan School Of
Management
Cambridge
11 October 2002
The UN Global
Compact and Swiss Business: Making Global Responsibility Work For Business and Development
(PDF, 132kb) - Keynote Speech given by Georg Kell to the Global Compact Symposium in Geneva,
Switzerland
29 October 2002
The
Secretary General - Address at Event Marking the 50th Anniversary of the MIT Sloan School Of
Management
Cambridge
11 October 2002
The
Secretary-General - Message to the Global Mining Initiative Conference
Toronto
12-15 May 2002
UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights - World Leaders Lecture - ”Beyond Good Intentions:
Corporate Citizenship for a New Century”
London
7 May 2002
The
Deputy Secretary-General Address to the 34th Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce
Denver
6 May 2002
Joint
Statement on the Global Compact by the Sectretary-General of the United Nations and the President
of the International Organization of Employers
(IOE)
26 April 2002
The
Secretary-General - Address at ceremony of adherence to the Global Compact
Madrid
9 April 2002
Secretary-General
Calls Global Reporting Initiative a "Complement” to Compact
United Nations Headquarters
4 April 2002
The
Secretary-General - Message to the World Social Forum
Porto Alegre
4 February 2002
The
Secretary-General - Address to the World Economic Forum
New York
4 February 2002
The
High Commissioner for Human Rights Developing an Ethical Globalization: A role for business
schools?
Dublin,
Ireland 18 January 2002
2001
The
Deputy Secretary-General Statement to Roundtable meeting on Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Russian business community
Moscow
19 November 2001
Round
Table Statement
Moscow
19 November 2001
The
Secretary-General address to the Global Employment Forum
Geneva
1 November 2001
Making
Globalization Work: Dialogue as a Keystone for Progress
Remarks by Dr. Rolf E. Breuer, CEO Deutsche Bank
23 October 2001
African Women Entrepreneurs Leadership Academy Endorses Compact
Ghana
16-24 October 2001
The
High Commissioner Opening Remarks - Global Compact Dialogue on the Role of the Private Sector in
Zones of Conflict
Palais Wilson
27 September 2001
Message
from the Secretary-General to the General Assembly of Danish Industry
Copenhagen
20 September 2001
The
Secretary -General opening remarks at Global Compact event being held in conjunction with the World
Conference against Racism
Durban, South Africa
31 August 2001
“
Toward Universal Business Principles”
Remarks made by Georg Kell at the Dilemmas in Competitiveness, Community and Citizenship,
Business and Human Rights. London
22 May 2001
Remarks
of Bill Jordan, ICFTU General Secretary
Davos
29 January 2001
2000
U.N.
Draft Resolution - Embracing Partnership in the Context of Globalization
19 December 2000
Georg
Kell - Corporate Citizenship: Defining the New Responsibilities
London
24 October 2000
Assistant
Secretary-General John Ruggie Remarks to NGO Community
13 October 2000
Address by Juan
Somavia to the Global Compact High-Level Meeting
New York
26 July 2000
Joint UN ICFTU
statement on the Global Compact
20 Januar 2000
1999
The
Secretary-General's Address to the Third Ministerial Meeting Of the World Trade Organization
Seattle
30 November 1999
Global
Markets and Social Legitimacy: The Case of the ‘Global Compact'
UN
Secretary-General's Op-ed article in the Wall Street Journal
Toronto
4-6 November 1999
Speech
by High Commissioner on Human Rights
San Francisco
3 November 1999
Kofi Annan
launches Global Compact at Davos 1999
Davos
31 Januar 1999
Papers
2006
Trade and Human Rights at Work: Next Round, Please...? - Article by Dr. Andreas Bluethner, Attorney-at-Law, Associate Lecturer International Economic Law (MLC) at University of Mannheim and Coordinator Strategy Development with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Anti-Corruption and Corporate Citizenship - Article by Georg Kell in Development Outreach, World Bank Institute, September 2006
On Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights - Article by Klaus Leisinger, Special Advisor to the Secretary General on the Global Compact, April 2006
2005
Up
to Code: Does Your Company's Conduct Meet World-Class Standards?
Article by Lynn Paine, Rohit Deshpande, Joshua D. Margolis, Kim Eric Bettcher, Harvard
Business Review, 1 December 2005
Partnerships That
Profit the Poor
Article on the UNDP/GC Growing Sustainable Business (GSB) Initiative, Financial Times, 31
March 2005. Copyright © 2005 Financial Times
The UN
Global Compact: Moving to the Business Mainstream
Interview with Georg Kell for
PriceWaterhouseCoopers: The Corporate Responsibility Report (Volume II, Winter 2005).
Copyright © 2005 PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Following up the World Summit on Sustainable Development Commitments on Corporate Social
Responsibility: Options for action by governments
Report by Fanny Calder of the
Chatham House Sustainable
Development Programme.
Advancing
Corporate Citizenship in China
Article by Gavin Power, Global Compact Head of Communications, for
Sustainable Development International (SDI
13-22/2). Copyright © 2005 Sustainable Development International
A Channel Into
China
Op-Ed by Hank McKinnell, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc., for the
New
York Stock Exchange Magazine. Copyright © 2005 The New York Stock Exchange
Managing Risks
Article by Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan for the World Economic Forum's
Global Affairs (2005 Issue)
2004
Responsible
Excellence Pays
Article by Claude Fussler for the
Journal of Corporate
Citizenship (JCC 16/Winter 2004) © 2004 Greenleaf Publishing
Op-Ed
piece by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for
Nikkei
(Japan), 24 March 2004
2003
"Leader to
leader" commentary to Special Edition on Business and Human Rights
Article by the late Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights,
New Academy Review , 5th Edition,
2003
Global
Compact Challenges Firms
China Business Weekly
17 April 2003
Newsmaker:
Georg Kell
Interview with Georg Kell by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
February 2003
Signing Up to
Corporate Citizenship
(PDF, 71kb) - Article on the Global Compact published in the Financial Times (London)
12 February 2003
2002
Measures of
Engagement in the UN Global Compact's Global Policy Dialogues
(PDF, 55kb) - by Gavin Power, Accountability Quarterly
December 2002
De-compacting
the Global Compact
(PDF, 104kb) - Paper presented by Thomas Donaldson, Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania
Denver, August 2002
The Evolution of
the Global Compact Network: An Historic Experiment in Learning and Action (PDF, 305 kb) - by
Georg Kell and David Levin
Denver, August 2002
Taking Embedded
Liberalism Global: The Corporate Connection
(PDF, 614 kb) - Paper submitted to the American Political Science Association, by John
Ruggie, Harvard University
”G
lobalization,
minima moralia, and the responsibilities of multinational companies"
(PDF, 270kb)- Klaus M. Leisinger
"Creating
the Tipping Point" Reflections by Sandra Waddock, Boston College"
University of Notre Dame
21-23 April 2002
2001
African
Women Entrepreneurs Leadership Academy Endores Compact
Ghana, 16-24 October 2001
The
High Commissioner Opening Remarks - Global Compact Dialogue on the Role of the Private Sector in
Zones of Conflict
Palais Wilson, 27 September 2001
African
Enterprises and The Global Compact: Adding Value through Human Relationships
Tunis, 10-12 May 2001
2000
U.N.
Draft Resolution - Embracing Partnership in the Context of Globalization
19 December 2000
Georg
Kell - Corporate Citizenship: Defining the New Responsibilities
London, 24 October 2000
Asia
Pacific Employers Conference Endorses Global Compact
Singapore, 9-10 October 2000
Business calls for strengthened United Nations
26 January 2000
1999
Global
Markets and Social Legitimacy: The Case of the ‘Global Compact’
Paper presented by Georg Kell and John Ruggie at York University, Toronto, 4-6 November
1999
