GLOBAL COMPACT, SWISS BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT


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TAD/INF/B17/E
GLOBAL COMPACT, SWISS BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT

Geneva, Switzerland, 28 October 2002

The symposium on "The UN Global Compact and Swiss business: making global responsibility work for business and development", organized by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, the UN Global Compact and UNCTAD on Tuesday 29 October, will be broadcast live on The United Nations Global Compact and Swiss Business.

The event is intended to introduce Swiss executives to the Global Compact proposed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1999 and to expand the scope of the Global Compact to encompass the development dimension.
From 9:30 am to 1 pm (Geneva time), journalists will be able to follow such speakers as:

  • Sergej Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva
  • Klaus Schwab, President of the World Economic Forum
  • Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, CEO, Nestlé SA
  • Edward Rugumayo, Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry of Uganda
  • David Syz, Secretary of State, Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs
  • Ueli Forster, Chairperson, economiesuisse
  • Georg Kell, Executive Head, UN Global Compact Office

The webcast of the event may be consulted on the abovementioned website from Wednesday, 30 October on.

For more information, please contact the UNCTAD Press Office, T: +41 22 907 5828/1646, F: +41 22 907 0043, E: press@unctad.org.
 
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