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Promoting UN Guiding Principles: Addressing Risks and Challenges in Global Governance

The working group focuses on disseminating, implementing, and embedding UN Guiding Principles, with ongoing projects in Mongolia, global surveys, forums, and sectoral guides. Join the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva. Register at the provided link.

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Promoting UN Guiding Principles: Addressing Risks and Challenges in Global Governance

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  1. Brent WILTONSecretary-General FOLLOW-UP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN GUIDING PRINCIPLES: RISKS AND CHALLENGES

  2. Working Group (5 personalities) underway • Three work streams: • Global dissemination • Promoting implementation • Embedding in global governance frameworks

  3. Current projects: • Country visits – Mongolia (mining); • Survey with IOE and companies on obstacles for the implementation of GP; • Global Community of Practice Initiative, Geneva, 31 December – 20 companies; • GP laboratories.

  4. UN Forum on Business and Human Rights Geneva, 4-5 December • Online registration open http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/ForumonBusinessandHR2012.aspx • Business “fair” – stands • SME participation (jtpresentation)

  5. EU project on Guiding Principles. SHIFT and Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) – 3 sectoral guides • Employment and recruitment agencies • Information and Communication Technology • Oil and gas By April 2013

  6. “Bernard Brunhes International” - SME guide • By end of November 2012 • IOE member of the Advisory Group • EU Commission update of accounting directive • explicit obligation to report on Human Rights policies

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