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Article: Global Compact Summit concludes with emphasis on need to fight corruption; Over 400 corporate executives, government officials, civil society leaders participate in one-day event to advance responsible corporate citizenship.
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- June 25, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 2004-UN: Global Compact Summit concludes with emphasis on need to fight corruption; Over 400 corporate executives, government officials, civil society leaders participate in one-day event to advance responsible corporate citizenship(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Concluding the daylong Global Compact Leaders Summit this evening, Secretary-General Kofi Annan noted that a tenth principle had been added to the Compact -- to combat corruption. Now, the immediate task ahead was to define the features of the Compact's new strategic concept, and to design a new governance structure that matched its widening scope.