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Article: At London meeting with corporate leaders, Secretary-General describes proposal for `Global compact' with United Nations.
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- June 26, 2001
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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 June 2001-UN: At London meeting with corporate leaders, Secretary-General describes proposal for `Global compact' with United Nations (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan last Friday (22 June) at a breakfast meeting in London with some 75 corporate leaders from the United Kingdom:
It is now almost two-and-a-half years since I first challenged the world's business leaders to enter into a Global Compact with the United Nations. My aim was to find a way for business and the United Nations to work as partners in pursuit of our shared interests. After all, ...