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9 Sep 2009

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Global Compact Critics

Global Compact Board rejects complaint and commends CNPC for actively "supporting sustainable development" in Sudan

The Global Compact Office has released the final report of the most recent meeting of the Global Compact Board...According to the report, the Board decided to maintain PetroChina as a participant in the Compact, in spite of a complaint supported by over 80 civil society organizations…They believe that PetroChina is complicit in human rights abuses in Sudan and have requested that the company use its influence to ask the Sudanese Government to pursue specific actions linked to peace building. The Vice-Chair of the Board, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, said that CNPC, PetroChina's parent company, "has been active in supporting sustainable development in the country...”