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Article

14 Jun 2006

Author:
John Ruggie, U.N. Special Representative for Business and Human Rights

[PDF] Remarks by John G. Ruggie (U.N. Special Representative for Business and Human Rights; Kirkpatrick Professor of International Affairs and Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, Harvard University) - Delivered at a Forum on

- First, I will describe my UN mandate briefly; - Second, I want to raise a concept that has not been mentioned here, but which is closely related to the issue of sustainable compliance that you have been discussing. That concept is sustainable globalization. - Third, I’ll say a few words about some of the challenges of compliance with supply chain codes; - Fourth, I want to stress the need to bring efforts like yours up to scale so they can begin to make a systemic difference; - That brings me, finally, to the urgency of bringing governments back into the equation.