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Article

15 Dec 2008

Author:
Eric Cohen, Chairperson, Investors Against Genocide & Bart Slob, Senior Researcher, SOMO

[PDF] UN Global Compact complaint against PetroChina

…[W]e are writing to make formal “Allegations of Systematic or Egregious Abuses” against PetroChina under the UN Global Compact Integrity Measures…If after three months, there is no satisfactory resolution of the issues raised, we request that you consider PetroChina’s participation in the Global Compact to be detrimental to the reputation and integrity of the Global Compact and remove the company from the list of participants...Our allegation of egregious abuse is based on the…relationship between PetroChina and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), their violation of UNGC principles and failure to respect human rights, lack of due diligence in avoiding human rights violations, the widespread recognition of PetroChina as a major contributor to the conflict in Darfur, and PetroChina’s continuing refusal to correct the abuses.