Brussels -- As part of its new global campaign to eliminate child labour, launched early this month, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and International Trade Secretariats (ITS) have pledged to pursue activities and urge multinational enterprises (MNE) to assume responsibility to stop child labour.
The International Conference on Financing for Development will be held in Mexico in 2002 at the highest political level including a summit, the concluding resolution of the second FfD Preparatory Committee recommended on Friday 23 February 2001. (Full text of the resolution is available on the FfD website : www.un.org/esa/ffd).
Reuters / By Irwin Arieff
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Developing nations, whose needs are often brushed aside by investors, should play a greater role in setting policy and priorities in the financing of global development, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.
International Herald Tribune January 25, 2001
When United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses the World Economic Forum on Jan. 28, his speech will focus on the progress of the Global Compact. http://www.iht.com/articles/8676.html
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 9 (IPS) - The Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP) has identified seven countries threatened by severe food shortages this year: Sudan, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Angola, Afghanistan, North Korea and Colombia.
Agence France Presse
MONTPELLIER, France, Dec 15 (AFP) - A UN conference on biosafety ended here Friday with a preliminary agreement to set up a data centre to pool knowledge and information about genetically modified organisms.
By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Globalization has created undeniable wealth and millions of jobs but the current system leaves little room for human rights and other social values, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.
