To: Nitin Desai United Nations Secretary-General of the Johannesburg Summit and Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations Plaza, Room: DC2-2320
New York, New York 10017, USA
Dear Under-Secretary General Desai,
The undersigned organisations are supporters of a strong United Nations. We believe in a United Nations which holds commercial interests subservient to human rights, labor and environmental principles, which avoids excessive and undue corporate influence, which holds corporations accountable in a legal framework and which maintains the integrity of international social and environmental agreements.
We are concerned, in particular, with the influence of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Business Action for Sustainable Development (BASD) on the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) process. In your speech at the World Economic Forum in January, you described the ICC and the WBCSD as having "embraced the issue" of sustainable development. We think this conclusion is premature and gives these groups an undeserved seal of approval.
United Nations Plaza, Room: DC2-2320
New York, New York 10017, USA
Dear Under-Secretary General Desai,
The undersigned organisations are supporters of a strong United Nations. We believe in a United Nations which holds commercial interests subservient to human rights, labor and environmental principles, which avoids excessive and undue corporate influence, which holds corporations accountable in a legal framework and which maintains the integrity of international social and environmental agreements.
We are concerned, in particular, with the influence of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Business Action for Sustainable Development (BASD) on the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) process. In your speech at the World Economic Forum in January, you described the ICC and the WBCSD as having "embraced the issue" of sustainable development. We think this conclusion is premature and gives these groups an undeserved seal of approval.