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Article

22 Oct 2007

Author:
Pia A. Gaarder, Norwatch

Burma: Norwegian Parliament Must Overrule the Advisory Council on Ethics

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global continues to be invested in a series of companies that are heavily involved in Burmese economy. The Advisory Council on Ethics does not, in fact, recommend exclusion. “This is disappointing. The ethical guidelines are clearly not satisfactory, but we don’t have time to wait. Parliament can, however, overrule the Advisory Council’s decision by means of a political resolution”, Inger Lise Husøy of the Norwegian Burma Committee [said]...