Speeches on the Global Compact

Remarks by the Secretary-General

2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at UN Private Sector Forum, New York, United States of America, 19 September 2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at High-Level Luncheon of the SDG Business Forum, New York, United States of America, 19 July 2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at 2016 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit: "Making Global Goals Local Business," New York, United States of America, 22 June 2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at UN Global Compact Board Meeting, New York, United States of America, 22 June 2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks to the Inaugural Meeting of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, Washington, D.C., United States of America, 15 April 2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at the Women's Empowerment Principles Annual Event, New York, United States of America, 15 March 2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Address to the Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 February 2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at "Making Public-Private Partnerships Work for the Sustainable Development Goals: The United Nations a Catalyst for Innovation," Davos, Switzerland, 20 January 2016

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at UN Global Compact Board Meeting, New York, United States of America, 14 January 2016

2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at UN Global Compact Caring for Climate Business Forum, Paris, France, 8 December 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at Global Compact Private Sector CEO Meeting, Madrid, Spain, 29 October 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at the United Nations Private Sector Forum, New York, United States of America, 26 September 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at Business Sector Steering Committee, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 July 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at Global Compact+15: Business as a Force for Good, New York, United States of America, 25 June 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at the Global Compact Network Republic of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 19 May 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at CEO Summit of the Americas "Working Together: Public-Private Partnership For Sustainable Development," Panama City, Panama, 10 April 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks to Global Compact Network Japan Tokyo, Japan, 16 March 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks to Women’s Empowerment Principles 2015 Annual Event, New York, United States of America, 10 March 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at 39th Annual UN International School (UNIS) International Student Conference: “Sustainability: Balancing People, Planet, and Profit,” New York, United States of America, 5 March 2015

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at United Nations Global Compact Board Meeting [as prepared for delivery], New York, United States of America, 9 January 2015

2014

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at UN Private Sector Forum Lunch, New York, United States of America, 23 September 2014

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at United Nations Global Compact High-Level Lunch [as prepared for delivery], New York, United States of America, 2 July 2014

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at United Nations Global Compact Board Meeting [as prepared for delivery], New York, United States of America, 2 July 2014

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at UN Global Compact Lead Dinner, Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2014

2013

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks on International Anti-corruption Day High-level Plenary: "The Role of Good Governance and the Post-2013 Development Agenda" [delivered by Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General], New York, United States of America, 9 December 2013

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at Special Event on Achieving the Millennium Development Goals, New York, United States of America, 25 September 2013

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Address to the General Assembly, New York, United States of America, 24 September 2013

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at the Luncheon Hosted on the Occasion of the Global Compact Leaders' Summit "United Nations Private Sector Forum: Africa," New York, United States of America, 20 September 2013

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013: Architects of a Better World, New York, United States of America, 20 September 2013

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at LexisNexis-Atlantic Council Rule of Law Now Event, New York, United States of America, 19 September 2013

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, New York Stock Exchange, New York, United States of America, 24 July 2013

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Hong Kong-U.S. Business Council Dialogue, New York, United States of America, 12 June 2013

2012

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, KPMG Summit: Business Perspective For Sustainable Growth, New York, United States of America, 14 February 2012

2011

Message - delivered on behalf of H. E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, by Georg Kell, Executive Director, Global Compact, 2011 Annual Summit of Green Companies, Qingdao, China, 21-22 April 2011

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, World Economic Forum Session on Redefining Sustainable Development, Davos, Switzerland, 28 January 2011

2010

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Board Meeting, New York, United States of America, 19 November 2010

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Ambassadorial Luncheon, New York, United States of America, 19 November 2010

Welcome Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Leaders Summit Welcome Session, New York, United States of America, 23 June 2010

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Board Ambassadorial Luncheon, New York, United States of America, 25 March 2010

2009

Toast - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Lunch Marking 90th Anniversary of The International Chamber Of Commerce, New York, United States of America, 8 October 2009

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, breakfast meeting with Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and the Global Compact Japan Network, Tokyo, Japan, 1 July 2009

Opening remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, World Business Summit on Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 May 2009

Plenary speech - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 29 January 2009

2008

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, luncheon with leaders of the Global Compact Korea Network, Seoul, Korea, 4 July 2008

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, meeting with the Global Compact China Network, Beijing, China, 2 July 2008

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, reception with leaders of the Global Compact Japan Network, Tokyo, Japan, 29 June 2008

Address - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as prepared for delivery to the Davos World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 24 January 2008

2007

Remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington D.C., United States of America, 11 October 2007

Closing remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Leaders Summit, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 July 2007

Opening remarks - by H.E. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Global Compact Leaders Summit, Geneva, Switzerland, 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, United States of America, 10 January 2007

Speeches

2015

Speech - by Lise Kingo, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact at the Caring for Climate Business Forum, Paris, France, 7 December 2015

Speech - by Gavin Power, Deputy Director of the UN Global Compact at the 2015 China Summit on Caring for Climate, Beijing, China, 22 July 2015

Speech - by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact at KPMG Headquarters, London, United Kingdom, 9 June 2015

2014

Speech - by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact on "A Silent Revolution is Taking Place," at the Sustainia Award Ceremony 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 October 2014

Speech - by Gavin Power, Deputy Director of the UN Global Compact at the 4th Annual Congress of the Global Compact Network Colombia, Architects of a Better World, Bogota, Colombia, 11 August 2014

Speech - by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact on the State of the Union between Business and Society in 2014 at the Oslo Business for Peace Summit and Award 2014, Oslo, Norway, 15 May 2014

Speech - by Gavin Power, Deputy Director of the UN Global Compact at the CEO Water Mandate Working Conference on Corporate Water Stewardship, Collective Action, and the UN Post-2015 Agenda, Lima, Peru, 9 April 2014

2013

Remarks - by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, Bentley University, Waltham, United States of America, 5 November 2013

Remarks - by Olajobi Makinwa, Head of Transparency and Anti-Corruption at the UN Global Compact, Fifth Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, Panama City, Panama, 26 November 2013

Remarks - by Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General, Corporate Water Stewardship and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, New York, United States of America, 19 September 2013

Remarks - by Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General, Addressing United States Council for International Business, New York, United States of America, 18 September 2013

Remarks - by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, Pan African Business Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 May 2013

2012

Remarks - by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Oslo, Norway, 13 November 2012

Remarks - by Ursula Wynhoven, General Counsel, UN Global Compact Office, New York Bar Association, New York, United States of America, 18 May 2012

2009

Speech - by Gavin Power, Deputy Director of the UN Global Compact, Rotary International - United Nations Day, New York, United States of America, 7 November 2009

Statement - by Kiyo Akasaka, UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, AdAsia 2009 Congress: The Age of Responsibility, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 October 2009

Opening Statement - by Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR consultation on business and human rights, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 October 2009

Opening Remarks - by John Ruggie, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Business & Human Rights, OHCHR consultation on business and human rights, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 October 2009

Speech on Private Equity - by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, at Dow Jones Private Equity Conference 2009, New York, United States of America, 16 September 2009

Remarks - by Ursula Wynhoven, Head, Policy & Legal, UN Global Compact Office, at International Seminar on the Labour Principles of the UN Global Compact and Sustainable Development Strategy, Seoul, Korea, 15 September 2009

Conference Remarks - by Gavin Power, Deputy Director of the UN Global Compact, at Principles for Responsible Investment Annual Conference, Sydney, Austraila, 17 July 2009

Message to 2009 Annual Summit on China Green Companies - by Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, Beijing, China, 22 April 2008

Opening Remarks - by Gavin Power, Deputy Director of the UN Global Compact, at UNI Global Union Conference, New York, United States of America, 2 April 2008

2008

"The Future of the Global Compact" - by Jim Baker, Co-ordinator, Council of Global Unions, October 2008

"Ten Years After" - by Georg Kell at the Chatham House Conference "Corporate Responsibility 2008," London, United Kingdom, 12 March 2008

2007

Remarks - by Gavin Power, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Summit, San Franscisco, United States of America, 11 June 2007

Remarks - by Gavin Power, Water, Power and Development Conference: Embassy of Sweden, Washington D. C., United States of America, 11 April 2007

Keynote Remarks - by Gavin Power, Launch of Business Council on Climate Change, San Francisco, United States of America, 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, Norway, 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, Switzerland, 28 September 2006

Opening remarks - by Gavin Power at the "Midwest Conference on Corporate Responsibility" in Chicago, United States of America, 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, Banff, Canada, 17 June 2006

UN Global Compact: Financial Markets the Next Big Target | Extended Version - Interview with Georg Kell in Ethical Corporation by editor Tobias Webb, June 2006

On Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights - by Klaus Leisinger, Special Advisor to the Secretary General on the Global Compact, Basel, Switzerland, April 2006

Anti-Corruption and Corporate Citizenship - by Georg Kell at the Chatham House Conference "Corporate Responsibility 2006: Emerging Risks and Evolving Responsibilities." London, United Kingdom, 13 March 2006

A New Mindset for the United Nations - Address by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Plenary Session of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland 26 January 2006

Who Cares Wins - The Convergence of Global Corporate Citizenship and Financial Markets - by Gavin Power at the Investment Management Institute Conference, Miami, United States of America, 6 January 2006

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

"Gearing Up: Why Should Businesses Invest in Improving Public Sector Governance?” - Speech by Georg Kell at Chatham House, London, United Kingdom, 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, United States of America, 12 October 2004

Remarks to Chinese Business Leaders - by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Beijing, China, 11 October 2004

Closing Remarks - by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Global Compact Leaders Summit, New York, United States of America, 24 June 2004

Opening Remarks - by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Global Compact Leaders Summit, New York, United States of America, 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, Germany, 15 March 2004

Message to the ceremony launching the Global Compact in Egypt - by Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Cairo, Egypt, 9 February 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

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, China, 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, Berlin, Germany, 11-13 December 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, Geneva, Switzerland, 29 October 2002

2000

Address by Juan Somavia to the Global Compact High-Level Meeting
New York, United States of America, 26 July 2000

1999

Kofi Annan Proposes Global Compact at Davos 1999
Davos, Switzerland, 31 January 1999

(Last update 18 July 2016)

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