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1 Mar 2004

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Remarks by Peter Woicke, Executive Vice President, Intl. Finance Corporation

[PDF] As Prepared Remarks of Peter Woicke, Executive Vice President of the International Finance Corporation - "The Role of the Private Sector in Promoting Human Rights"

We [the IFC] have an opportunity now to develop a serious, tangible way for businesses worldwide to explicitly and proactively address human rights issues. This is a new role for us. But our hope is that we will be able to get this right, and not settle for a low common denominator solution.

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