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22 Oct 2009

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United Nations

[PDF] Report from Sixty-fourth UN General Assembly - Third Committee [includes statement by John Ruggie - scroll to pg. 20]

…[T]he Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)…heard [an] update from the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on human rights and transnational corporations…John Ruggie…recalled that the Human Rights Council had welcomed the “protect, respect and remedy” policy framework that he had put forward. He said the Council had extended his mandate by three years to provide practical recommendations and guidance to States, businesses and others. He outlined five key challenges in that respect. [includes John Ruggie's responses to questions from representatives of Cameroon, Canada, Chile, European Commission, Guatemala, India, Malaysia, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, USA]