The UN Global Compact Leaders Summit was held on 24-25 June 2010 in New York.  Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon gave the opening plenary address: "Ban urges corporations to enhance partnership with UN for social development" (full text of remarks).

Agenda

Live webcast - click Channel 1 for Plenary sessions; click Channel 2 for Press Briefings on specific issues including "Responsible Business in Conflict-Afflicted and High-Risk Areas" and "Earth Institute and ENI Announce New Partnership in Support of Sustainable Development" on 25 June

Side events schedule & information, including:
- events on supply chain sustainability, partnerships in Asia-Pacific, water, "low-carbon leaders", "Putting labour principles into practice at times of crisis", Haiti, Global Reporting Initiative, Principles for Responsible Investment, Latin America, human rights standards & guidance tools
- Leaders Breakfast with panel moderated by Mary Robinson, featuring UN Special Representative on business & human rights John Ruggie, Jamshed Irani (Director of the Board, Tata Sons), Paul Polman (CEO, Unilever), Ambassador Herman Schaper (Netherlands Mission to the UN), Ambassador Martin Dahinden (Director General of Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation)

All videos on demand, including:
- Plenary meetings
- Press briefings, including 24 June events on Principles for Responsible Investment, "Children Mean Business: Respecting and Supporting Children's Rights"

Official blog by Dirk Matten, Prof. of Corporate Social Responsibility, Schulich School of Business, York Univ. (Canada)

Events, announcements & reports launched

• "Exporting Values" - Marlene Prost, Human Resource Executive, 25 Jun 2010

• Launch of the revised Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessment and Management (HRIAM), International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), International Finance Corporation (IFC), UN Global Compact, 25 Jun 2010
• "Respect for human rights: basic value for business leadership" - Note by His Excellency Secretary of State, Martin Dahinden, Director General Swiss Agency, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, 24 Jun 2010 

• "Children Mean Business: Respecting and Supporting Children's Rights":
  - "Children are Everyone's Business - Businesses asked to help protect and promote children’s rights" [announcement of process to develop Children’s Principles for Business] - UNICEF, UN Global Compact, Save the Children, 24 Jun 2010
  - video of 24 June press briefing, with
  * Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
  * Philip O'Brien, Director of Private Funding and Partnerships, UNICEF
  * Elisabeth Dahlin, Secretary-General, Save the Children Sweden
  * Dr. Jamshed Irani, Director of the Board, Tata Group
• "Companies Commit to Human Rights in Increasing Numbers" - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 24 Jun 2010
  - "Human rights are good business" - op-ed by Mary Robinson, Ottawa Citizen, 23 Jun 2010
• "Is your business ready for the Global Compact?" [launch of Global Compact Self-Assessment Tool for companies] - Danish Institute for Human Rights, 23 Jun 2010
• "Two important reports published this week to coincide with UNGC Summit in New York" - Institute for Human Rights and Business, 22 Jun 2010:
  - "The UN Global Compact and human rights: Developing a vision for 2020" [PDF] [draft consultative report]
  - "The 'State of Play' of Human Rights Due Diligence: Anticipating the Next Five Years" [PDF] 

• "UN Global Compact, Accenture Release Findings of Largest CEO Research Study on Corporate Sustainability" - UN Global Compact, Accenture, 22 Jun 2010

• "Despite Economic Downturn, Corporate Responsibility Remains High on Business Agenda - Worldwide Global Compact survey reveals much progress, but also serious gaps in corporate efforts to advance corporate responsibility" - UN Global Compact, 14 Jun 2010

• "How to do Business with Respect for Human Rights: A Guidance Tool for Companies" - Global Compact Network Netherlands, Jun 2010

• "Human Rights and Business Dilemmas Forum" - UN Global Compact, Maplecroft, launched Jun 2010

• "Launching New Resources for a New Era - Assessments, Principles, Tools & Guidance, Best Practices" - UN Global Compact, Jun 2010
• "UN Global Compact Management Model - Framework for Implementation: Human Rights, Labour, Environment, Anti-Corruption" [PDF] - Deloitte, UN Global Compact, 2010 

• "Human Trafficking and Business: Good Practices to prevent and combat human trafficking" [PDF], United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, 2010